homunculus

Significat (Anglès)

1. A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm.
2. The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain.

Sinònims

manikin

mannikin

midget

shrimp

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homonculus

Traduccions

homuncule

Homunkulus

ανθρωπάριο

homunculus

homunculus

القزم

homúnculo

Menschlein

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/hɒˈmʌŋk.jʊ.ləs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from Latin homunculus, diminutive of homō (“man”): hom(o) + -unculus.