| Pronunciation: | | `bIow'jenisis
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- [n] the production of living organisms from other living organisms
- [n] production of a chemical compound by a living organism
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BIOGENESIS is a 10 letter word that starts with B. |
| | Synonyms: | | biogeny, biosynthesis |
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| | See Also: | | generation, multiplication, propagation, synthesis |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bi`o*gen"e*sis\, Biogeny \Bi*og"e*ny\, n. [Gr. ?
life + ?, ?, birth.] (Biol.)
(a) A doctrine that the genesis or production of living
organisms can take place only through the agency of
living germs or parents; -- opposed to {abiogenesis}.
(b) Life development generally.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The theory that life always arises from previously existing life, and never from things which are not alive (as would be the case for the theory of spontaneous generation). |
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