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A hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter
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autogenesis
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Autogenesis \Au`to*gen"e*sis\, n. [Auto- + genesis.] (Biol.) Spontaneous generation.
Wiktionary
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n. (context biology English) The supposed creation of living organisms from nonliving matter.
WordNet
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n. a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter [syn: abiogenesis , autogeny , spontaneous generation ]
Wikipedia
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Autogenesis may refer to: Abiogenesis , the origination of life from non-living things, as believed by Aristotle and in modern evolutionary theory. Orthogenesis , a discredited evolutionary idea that hypothesised a directed ' teleological ' form of evolution. ...