Definition of Abioginesis
Abiogenesis, the doctrine of spontaneous generation.
- Wikipedia
Ab`i*o*gen"e*sis (&?;), n. [Gr. 'a
priv. + &?; life + &?;, origin, birth.] (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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Biology): 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
Quotations
*I shall call the ... doctrine that living matter may be produced by not living matter, the hypothesis of abiogenesis - Huxley, 1870
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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