Abiogenesis

[,eibaiәu'dʒenisis]

Definition

(noun.) a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter.

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Definition

(n.) The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation; -- called also abiogeny, and opposed to biogenesis.

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Definition

n. the origination of living by not-living matter spontaneous generation.—adj. Abiogenet′ic—n. Abio′genist one who believes in such.

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