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