ALL meanings of homunculus
ho·mun·cu·lus
H h - noun plural homunculus an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist. 1
- noun plural homunculus a fully formed, miniature human body believed, according to some medical theories of the 16th and 17th centuries, to be contained in the spermatozoon. 1
- noun plural homunculus a diminutive human being. 1
- noun plural homunculus the human fetus. 1
- noun homunculus A very small human or humanoid creature. 1
- noun homunculus A little man. 0
- noun homunculus The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain. 0
- noun homunculus a miniature man; midget 0
- noun homunculus (in early biological theory) a fully-formed miniature human being existing in a spermatozoon or egg 0
- noun homunculus a little man; dwarf; manikin 0