transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌprē-fȯr-ˈmā-shən ]
noun
Date: 1732
1. : previous formation
2. : the now discredited theory that every germ cell contains the organism of its kind fully formed and that development involves merely an increase in size — compare epigenesis 1, homunculus 2
• pre·for·ma·tion·ist -sh(ə-)nist noun or adjective