biogenesis
the production of living organisms from other living organisms.
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Origin of biogenesis
1- Also bi·og·e·ny [bahy-oj-uh-nee]. /baɪˈɒdʒ ə ni/.
Other words from biogenesis
- bi·o·ge·net·ic [bahy-oh-juh-net-ik], /ˌbaɪ oʊ dʒəˈnɛt ɪk/, bi·o·ge·net·i·cal, bi·og·e·nous, adjective
- bi·o·ge·net·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use biogenesis in a sentence
The biogenesis ban would be akin to the Black Sox scandal or the barring of Pete Rose from the Hall of Fame.
Major League Baseball Is Right to Punish the Biogenesis Cheats | Michael Brendan Dougherty | June 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA revelation like that, combined with laxity in this biogenesis investigation, would be damning in the extreme.
Major League Baseball Is Right to Punish the Biogenesis Cheats | Michael Brendan Dougherty | June 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFor any Science which makes such a demand is false to the doctrines of biogenesis.
Natural Law in the Spiritual World | Henry DrummondIn constructing his genealogies Haeckel has frequent recourse to his celebrated "Law of biogenesis."
At the Deathbed of Darwinism | Eberhard DennertThis description he inserts in his genealogical mosaic, by virtue of the "Law of biogenesis."
At the Deathbed of Darwinism | Eberhard Dennert
All living substance so far as is known at present (see biogenesis) arises only from already existing living substance.
There are not two laws of biogenesis, one for the natural, the other for the Spiritual; one law is for both.
Natural Law in the Spiritual World | Henry Drummond
British Dictionary definitions for biogenesis
/ (ˌbaɪəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs) /
the principle that a living organism must originate from a parent organism similar to itself: Compare abiogenesis
Derived forms of biogenesis
- biogenetic, biogenetical or biogenous (baɪˈɒdʒənəs), adjective
- biogenetically, adverb
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Scientific definitions for biogenesis
[ bī′ō-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs ]
Generation of living organisms from other living organisms.
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