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BIOGENIC
biogenic
(adjective) essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes; “sleep and food and water are among the biogenic needs of the organism”
biogenic
(adjective) produced by living organisms or biological processes; “fermentation is a biogenic process”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
biogenic (comparative more biogenic, superlative most biogenic)
produced by living organisms, or by a biological process
essential for the maintenance of life
Antonyms
• (produced by living organisms or by a biological process): abiogenic
Source: Wiktionary
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NEGLECT
(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
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