Definition of "ovist" []

• One who believed that the complete human being was contained in the ovum rather than the sperm. (noun)

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• "Yet Harvey's ovist theory, together with the exact — and exacting — method in physiology that he himself did so much to accredit, posed the problem of generation in a new light by making paramount the discovery of the “eggs” belonging to each animal spe - cies."