Homunculus (disambiguation)
A homunculus is either an artificial man created through alchemy, or, in contemporean science, a representation of a human or small creature used to illustrate the functioning of a system.
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Homunculus may also refer to:
Science
- Homunculus patagonicus, a species of prehistoric New World monkeys
- Homunculus Nebula, a part of the Eta Carinae Nebula
- Cortical homunculus, also known as the Penfield homunculus, a physical representation of the primary motor cortex of the rest of the body
- Fetiform teratoma, a rare cyst having a fetal structure
- The homunculus argument is a fallacy arising most commonly in the theory of vision
Fiction
- Homunculus (novel) 1986 comic science fiction novel by James Blaylock
- The Homunculus, 1949 novel by David H. Keller
- Homunculus (manga), 2003 manga by Hideo Yamamoto
- The Homunculi, group of powerful and generally malevolent characters from the anime and manga Fullmetal Alchemist
- Homunculus (film), 6-chapter German sci-fi serial shown theatrically in Germany in 1916
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