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WEISMANN

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WEISMANN (noun)
  The noun WEISMANN has 1 sense:

1. German biologist who was one of the founders of modern genetics; his theory of genetic transmission ruled out the possibility of transmitting acquired characteristics (1834-1914)play

  Familiarity information: WEISMANN used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


WEISMANN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

German biologist who was one of the founders of modern genetics; his theory of genetic transmission ruled out the possibility of transmitting acquired characteristics (1834-1914)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

August Friedrich Leopold Weismann; Weismann

Instance hypernyms:

geneticist (a biologist who specializes in genetics)


 Context examples 


At home was several hours' hack-work waiting for him before he went to bed, and after he went to bed there was a volume of Weismann waiting for him, to say nothing of Herbert Spencer's Autobiography, which was as replete for him with romance as any thrilling novel.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)



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