Definitions for: Abiogenesis

[n] a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter

Webster (1913) Definition: Ab`i*o*gen"e*sis, n. [Gr. '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; -- called also abiogeny,
and opposed to biogenesis.

I shall call the . . . doctrine that living matter may
be produced by not living matter, the hypothesis of
abiogenesis. --Huxley,
1870.

Synonyms: autogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation

See Also: organic phenomenon

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