biogenesis noun. [bʌɪǝ(ʊ)'dʒɛnɪsɪs] 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 [-dʒɪ'nɛtɪk] adjective of, pertaining to, or produced by biogenesis, in any sense L19.

■ biogenetically [-dʒɪ'nɛtɪk(ǝ)li] adverb M20.

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