Representation of a small human being, common in alchemy and fiction
For other uses, see Homunculus (disambiguation).
A homunculus (UK: /hɒˈmʌŋkjʊləs/hom-UNK-yuul-əs, US: /hoʊˈ-/hohm-, Latin:[hɔˈmʊŋkʊlʊs]; "little person", pl.: homunculiUK: /hɒˈmʌŋkjʊliː/hom-UNK-yuul-ee, US: /hoʊˈ-/hohm-, Latin:[hɔˈmʊŋkʊli]) is a small human being.[1] Popularized in sixteenth-century alchemy and nineteenth-century fiction, it has historically referred to the creation of a miniature, fully formed human. The concept has roots in preformationism as well as earlier folklore and alchemic traditions.
The term lends its name to the cortical homunculus, an image of a person with the size of the body parts distorted to represent how much area of the cerebral cortex of the brain is devoted to it.
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