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biogenesis
(encz) | biogenesis,biogeneze n: Zdeněk Brož |
Biogenesis
(gcide) | Biogenesis \Bi`o*gen"e*sis\, Biogeny \Bi*og"e*ny\, n. [Gr. bi`os
life + ?, ?, birth.] (Biol.)
(a) 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.
(b) Life development generally.
[1913 Webster]
2. the production of a chemical compound by a living
organism.
Syn: biosynthesis.
[WordNet 1.5] |
biogenesis
(wn) | biogenesis
n 1: production of a chemical compound by a living organism
[syn: biosynthesis, biogenesis]
2: the production of living organisms from other living
organisms [syn: biogenesis, biogeny] |
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abiogenesis
(encz) | abiogenesis,abiogeneze Zdeněk Brožabiogenesis,prvoplození Zdeněk Brož |
biogenesis
(encz) | biogenesis,biogeneze n: Zdeněk Brož |
Abiogenesis
(gcide) | Abiogenesis \Ab`i*o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + bi`os life +
ge`nesis, origin, birth.] (Biol.)
The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless
matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living
parents; spontaneous generation; -- called also abiogeny,
and opposed to biogenesis.
[1913 Webster]
I shall call the . . . doctrine that living matter may
be produced by not living matter, the hypothesis of
abiogenesis. --Huxley,
1870.
[1913 Webster] |
abiogenesis
(wn) | abiogenesis
n 1: a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms
are created from nonliving matter [syn: abiogenesis,
autogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation] |
biogenesis
(wn) | biogenesis
n 1: production of a chemical compound by a living organism
[syn: biosynthesis, biogenesis]
2: the production of living organisms from other living
organisms [syn: biogenesis, biogeny] |
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