• (n.) The doctrine of the widespread distribution of germs, from which under favorable circumstances bacteria, vibrios, etc., may develop. • (n.) The doctrine that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis; -- the opposite of spontaneous generation.
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Pan'sper`my noun [
Pan- + Greek ... a seed.]
(Biol.) (a) The doctrine of the widespread distribution of germs, from which under favorable circumstances bacteria, vibrios, etc., may develop.
(b) The doctrine that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis; -- th...
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