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abiogenesis

abiogenesis: —abiogenetic /ay'buy oh jeuh net"ik, ab'ee oh-/, abiogenetical, adj. —abiogenetically, adv. —abiogenist /ay'buy oj"euh nist, ab'ee-/, n.

/ay'buy oh jen"euh sis, ab'ee oh-/, n. Biol.

the now discredited theory that living organisms can arise spontaneously from inanimate matter; spontaneous generation.

[A-⁶ + BIOGENESIS; coined by T. H. Huxley in 1870]

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Abiogenesis — Ab i*o*gen e*sis, n. [Gr. a priv. + bi os life + ge nesis, 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
abiogenesis — 1> биол. абиогенез, возникновение жизни из неорганической природы … Новый большой англо-русский словарь
abiogenesis — abiogenesis. См. абиогенез. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

Abiogenesis — Primordial soup redirects here. For the board game, see Primordial Soup (board game). Origin of life redirects here. For views on the origins of life outside the natural sciences, see Creation myth. Pre Cambrian stromatolites in the Siyeh… … Wikipedia
abiogenesis — абиогенез (биология) абиогенез, возникновение жизни из неорганической природы … Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь
abiogenesis — noun Etymology: New Latin, from 2a + bio + Latin genesis Date: 1870 the supposed spontaneous origination of living organisms directly from lifeless matter • abiogenist noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
Abiogenesis — f = абиогенез, самопроизвольное зарождение (жизни) … Большой немецко-русский и русско-немецкий словарь
Abiogenesis — Abiogenĕsis (grch.), Urzeugung (s.d.) … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
abiogenesis — n. [Gr. a, without; bios, life; genesis, beginning] The theoretical concept that life can arise from non living matter; spontaneous generation; archebiosis; archegenesis, archigenesis; see biogenesis, neobiogenesis … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
abiogenesis — Spontaneous generation of life from non living material … Dictionary of molecular biology