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Weissmannian

Weissmannian is the alternative form of Weismannian.

Meaning of Weismannian

Adjective

Weismannian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to August Weismann (1834–1914), German evolutionary biologist.
    • It appears to the writer that [Oscar] Riddle attacks very successfully the de Vriesian interpretation of these phenomena. Unfortunately, however, he utterly confuses Mendelian facts with de Vriesian and Weismannian theories—hypotheses, rather, and attempts to throw both facts and hypotheses out of...1910 February, W[illiam] J[asper] Spillman, “The Mendelian View of Melanin Formation”, in The American Naturalist […], volume XLIV, number 518, Lancaster, Pa.; Garrison, N.Y.; New York, N.Y.: The...

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Forms of Weissmannian

pluralWeissmannians

Origin of Weissmannian

From Weissmann + -ian.

Questions about Weissmannian

What is Weissmannian the alternative form of?
Weissmannian is the alternative form of Weismannian.

Words near Weissmannian in the dictionary

  1. Weissinger
  2. Weissingers
  3. weissite
  4. Weissman
  5. Weissmann
  6. Weissmannian
  7. Weissmannians
  8. Weissmannism
  9. Weissmannist
  10. Weissmannists
  11. Weissmanns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Weissmannian (page history and authors); Weismannian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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