Abiogenesis

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(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.

Noun

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abiogenesis - a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter Synonyms: autogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation

autogenesis, autogeny, organic phenomenon, spontaneous generation