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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 [bi″o-jen´ĕ-sis]
the theory, opposed to spontaneous generation, that living matter always arises by the agency of preexisting living matter.
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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