abiogenesis
The origination of living organisms from lifeless matterThe origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents.
» From what I've heard, abiogenesis is a phenomenon where life surges from non-living matter.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents.
Abiogenesis, Abiogenese
абиогене́зabiogenéz
абіогене́зabiohenéz
a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter
Examples
1 sentencesFrom what I've heard, abiogenesis is a phenomenon where life surges from non-living matter.
Translations
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Origin
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not-”, the alpha privative) + βῐ́ος (bĭ́os, “life”) (ultimatelFrom Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not-”, the alpha privative) + βῐ́ος (bĭ́os, “life”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”)) + γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source; manner of birth; creation”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis (“birth; production”)); equivalent to abio- + genesis. The words biogenesis and abiogenesis were both coined by English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895) in 1870 (see the quotation).
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Forms
plural: abiogeneses| Singular | abiogenesis |
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Synonyms
6 synonyms- a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter:autogenesisautogenyspontaneous generation
Antonyms
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