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Abiogenesis
Abˊi-o-gen′e-sis
,Noun.
[Gr.
ἀ
priv. + βίοσ
life + γένεσις
, 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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Abiogenesis
abiogenesis
abiogenesis
See also: Abiogenesis and abiogénesis
English
Noun
abiogenesis (plural abiogeneses)
- (biology) The origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation. [Late 19th century.] [1]
- 1870, Thomas Huxley, Imperial Granum, The Great Medicinal Food:
- I shall call the ... doctrine that living matter may be produced by not living matter, the hypothesis of abiogenesis
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- ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 4