Abiogenesis

Definition of Abiogenesis

Ab`i`o`gen´e`sis
n.1.(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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autogenesis, autogeny, organic phenomenon, spontaneous generation
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