ABIOGENESES

Noun

abiogeneses

plural of abiogenesis

Source: Wiktionary


ABIOGENESIS

Ab`i*o*gen"e*sis, n. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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