| Pronunciation: | | `eybIow'jenisis
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[n] a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter |
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ABIOGENESIS is a 11 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | autogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation |
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| | See Also: | | organic phenomenon |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ab`i*o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + ? life + ?,
origin, birth.] (Biol.)
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}.
I shall call the . . . doctrine that living matter may
be produced by not living matter, the hypothesis of
abiogenesis. --Huxley,
1870.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The scientific study of how life originally arose on the planet, presumably from nonliving things and the presence of nonliving organic matter. |
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