See Also: Biogenesis(medicine)
law of biogenesis(medicine)
biogenesis(dictionary)

biogenesis (iou)



biogenesis noun. L19.
[from BIO- + -GENESIS.]
1. The hypothesis that living matter arises only from other living matter. L19.
2. The synthesis of a substance by living organisms. M20.
3. The hypothetical development of living matter from complex inanimate substances. M20.
biogenesist noun (Hist.) an advocate of the hypothesis of biogenesis (sense 1) L19.
biogenetic adjective of, pertaining to, or produced by biogenesis, in any sense L19.
biogenetically adverb M20.