biogenesis

American  

[bahy-oh-jen-uh-sis] / ˌbaɪ oʊˈdʒɛn ə sɪs /

Also biogeny

noun

1. the production of living organisms from other living organisms.

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biogenesis British  

/ baɪˈɒdʒənəs, ˌbaɪəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs /

noun

1. the principle that a living organism must originate from a parent organism similar to itself Compare abiogenesis

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biogenesis Scientific  

/ bī′ō-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs /

1. Generation of living organisms from other living organisms.

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Other Word Forms

• biogenetic adjective
• biogenetical adjective
• biogenetically adverb
• biogenous adjective

Etymology

Origin of biogenesis

bio- + genesis, coined by T.H. Huxley in 1870

Compare meaning

How does biogenesis compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

• spontaneous generation vs. biogenesis
• biogenesis vs. abiogenesis

Example Sentences

The Raible group is currently working on improving the resolution of the observation in order to reveal even more details about bristle biogenesis.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2024

The new findings on the copying process of chloroplast DNA help us better understand the fundamental mechanisms of the photosynthesis machinery's biogenesis.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2024

Runx1 deficiency decreases ribosome biogenesis and confers stress resistance to hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells.

From Nature • Jan. 23, 2018

Take the new album’s lilting country waltz “Nights in the Lab,” an ode to the love that blooms between “two biologists … who process biogenesis and stare into a petri dish.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2017

The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation; Ð called also abiogeny, and opposed to biogenesis.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah