homunculus

Senso (Inglese)

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.

sinonimi

manikin

mannikin

midget

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homonculus

Traduzioni

homuncule

Homunkulus

ανθρωπάριο

homunculus

homunculus

القزم

homúnculo

Menschlein

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/hɒˈmʌŋk.jʊ.ləs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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