Definitions for biogenesis
ˌbaɪ oʊˈdʒɛn ə sɪs; baɪˈɒdʒ ə nibio·gen·e·sis

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. biosynthesis, biogenesisnoun

   production of a chemical compound by a living organism

2. biogenesis, biogenynoun

   the production of living organisms from other living organisms

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. biogenesisnoun

   The principle that living organisms are produced only from other living organisms

2. biogenesisnoun

   biosynthesis

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1. Biogenesis

   Spontaneous generation is a superseded scientific theory that held that living creatures could arise from nonliving matter and that such processes were commonplace and regular. It was hypothesized that certain forms, such as fleas, could arise from inanimate matter such as dust, or that maggots could arise from dead flesh. The doctrine of spontaneous generation was coherently synthesized by the Greek philosopher and naturalist Aristotle, who compiled and expanded the work of earlier natural philosophers and the various ancient explanations for the appearance of organisms. Spontaneous generation was taken as scientific fact for two millennia. Though challenged in the 17th and 18th centuries by the experiments of the Italian biologists Francesco Redi and Lazzaro Spallanzani, it was not discredited until the work of the French chemist Louis Pasteur and the Irish physicist John Tyndall in the mid-19th century. Rejection of spontaneous generation is no longer controversial among biologists. By the middle of the 19th century, experiments by Pasteur and others were considered to have disproven the traditional theory of spontaneous generation. Attention has turned instead to the origin of life, since all life seems to have evolved from a single form around four billion years ago.

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1. biogenesis

   Biogenesis is a biological principle that states that living organisms can only originate from other living organisms and not from non-living matter. It is a fundamental concept in biology and life sciences, suggesting that complex living organisms cannot appear suddenly from inorganic material but arise from preexisting life forms.

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1. Biogenesisnoun

   alt. of Biogeny

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1. Biogenesis

   Biogenesis is the production of new living organisms or organelles. The law of biogenesis, attributed to Louis Pasteur, is the observation that living things come only from other living things, by reproduction. That is, life does not arise from non-living material, which was the position held by spontaneous generation. This is summarized in the phrase Omne vivum ex vivo, Latin for "all life [is] from life." A related statement is Omnis cellula e cellula, "all cells [are] from cells;" this observation is one of the central statements of cell theory. The term biogenesis was coined by Henry Charlton Bastian to mean the generation of a life form from nonliving materials, however, Thomas Henry Huxley chose the term abiogenesis and redefined biogenesis for life arising from preexisting life. The generation of life from non-living material is called abiogenesis, and is hypothesized to have occurred at least once in the history of the Earth, or in the history of the Universe, when life first arose. The term biogenesis may also refer to biochemical processes of production in living organisms.

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1. Biogenesis

   name of the theory that derives life from life, and opposed to Abiogenesis (q. v.).

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1. Biogenesis

   The origin of life. It includes studies of the potential basis for life in organic compounds but excludes studies of the development of altered forms of life through mutation and natural selection, which is EVOLUTION.

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Biogenesis

   the production of life from antecedent life.

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   The numerical value of biogenesis in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

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   The numerical value of biogenesis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=biogenesis
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Biogenesis
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogenesis
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biogenesis
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=biogenesis
7. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Biogenesis
8. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=biogenesis