weismannism

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weismannism - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Weismannism \Weis"mann*ism\, n. (Biol.)
     The theories and teachings in regard to heredity propounded
     by the German biologist August Weismann, esp. in regard to
     germ plasm as the basis of heredity and the impossibility of
     transmitting acquired characteristics; -- often called
     neo-Darwinism.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]