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biogenesis

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biogenesis /bio·gen·e·sis/ (-jen´ĕ-sis)
1. origin of life, or of living organisms.
2. the theory that living organisms originate only from other living organisms.

bi·o·gen·e·sis (b-jn-ss)
n.
1. The principle that life originates from preexisting life and not from nonliving material.
2. See biosynthesis.

bio·ge·netic (-j-ntk), bio·ge·neti·cal (--kl) adj.

biogenesis
[bī′ōjen′əsis]
Etymology: Gk, bios + genein, to produce
1 also called biogeny [bī·oj'ənē] , the doctrine that living material can originate only from preexisting life and not from inanimate matter.
2 the origin of life; ontogeny and phylogeny. Compare abiogenesis. biogenetic, adj.

biogenesis
1. origin of life, or of living organisms.
2. the theory that living organisms originate only from other living organisms.


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