incase 的詞源

“encase” 的變體。

Theory of Incasement, an old theory of reproduction which assumed that when the first animal of each species was created, the germs of all other individuals of the same species which were to come from it were incased in its ova. The discovery of spermatozoa developed the theory in two opposite directions: the ovulists, or ovists, held still to the theory of incasement in the female while the animalculists, or spermists, entertained the theory of incasement in the male. [Century Dictionary]

包裹理論，一種舊的繁殖理論，假設每個物種的第一隻動物被創造時，同一物種的所有其他個體的胚胎都被包裹在它的卵子中。精子的發現使這個理論朝兩個相反的方向發展：卵泡主義者仍然堅持在雌性中的包裹理論，而精子主義者則提出了在雄性中的包裹理論。[世紀詞典]