Definition of Weismann

1. Noun. 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).

Exact synonyms: August Friedrich Leopold Weismann
Generic synonyms: Geneticist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Weismann

weirds
weirdy
Weird Sisters
weired
weiring
weirs
Weir Mitchell's disease
Weir Mitchell treatment
Weisbach's angle
weise
weised
weisenheimer
weisenheimers
weises
weising
Weismann (current term)
weismannism
Weismann germ plasm theory
Weiss' sign
Weissbier
Weisshorn
Weitbrecht's cartilage
Weitbrecht's cord
Weitbrecht's fibres
Weitbrecht's foramen
Weitbrecht's ligament
weize
weized
Weizenbier
Weizenbock

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