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Definition of: homunculus
(hō·mung′kyə·ləs) noun plural ·li (-lī)
1. According to Paracelsus, a tiny man produced artificially and endowed with magic power.
2. An undersized man; dwarf; manikin.
3. The human fetus. [<L, dim. of homo man]
—ho·mun′cu·lar adjective
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