Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Biogenesis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Biogenesis \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
biogenesis
n 1: production of a chemical compound by a living organism [syn:
{biosynthesis}]
2: the production of living organisms from other living
organisms [syn: {biogeny}]
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