What is "biogeny"

Biogenesis \Bi`o*gen"e*sis\, Biogeny \Bi*og"e*ny\, n. [Gr. bi`os life + ?, ?, birth.] (Biol.)

1. A doctrine that the genesis or production of living organisms can take place only through the agency of living germs or parents; -- called also biogeny; -- opposed to abiogenesis.

2. Life development generally.

   2. the production of a chemical compound by a living organism.

   Syn: biosynthesis.

biogeny \bi*og"en*y\ n. the production of living organisms from other living organisms; same as biogenesis[1].

1870, "biogenesis;" see biogenic. As "history of the evolution of an organism," 1879.

n. biogenesis

n. the production of living organisms from other living organisms [syn: biogenesis]