Look up: abiogenesis

1. abiogenesis
   [n] - a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter
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2. abiogenesis
   Spontaneous generation of life from non-living material.
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3. Abiogenesis
   Ab`i·o·gen'e·sis noun [ Greek 'a priv. + ... life + ..., 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; ...
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4. abiogenesis
   <study> The scientific study of how life originally arose on the planet, presumably from nonliving things and the presence of nonliving organic matter. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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5. abiogenesis
   autogenesis noun a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter
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6. Abiogenesis
   • (n.) 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.
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7. abiogenesis
   abiogenesis 1. The (supposed) origin or evolution of living organisms from lifeless matter without the action of living parents; “spontaneous generation” (introduced by Professor Thomas H. Huxley when addressing the British Association at Liverpool, September, 1870). 2. The now discredited theo...
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8. Abiogenesis
   Abiogenesis is a term applied by Thomas Huxley in 1870 to the theory that living matter may be produced from non-living.
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9. abiogenesis
   Early theory that held that some organisms originated from nonliving material.
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10. Abiogenesis
    In É™-siss-->) or `biopoesis` is the study of how biological life arises from inorganic matter through natural processes, and the method by which life on Earth arose. Most amino acids, often called "the building blocks of life", can form via natural chemical reactions unrelated to life,...
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