biogeny
BiogenesisBiogenesis.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)Biogenesis.
(historical, rare, uncountable)The study of evolutionary history not only phylogenically, by also by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.
More definitions
- the production of living organisms from other living organisms
Origin
From bio- + -geny. Learned borrowing from German Biogenie, itself from bio- + -genie; equFrom bio- + -geny.
Learned borrowing from German Biogenie, itself from bio- + -genie; equivalent to bio- (“life”) + -geny (“origin”).
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- the production of living organisms from other living organisms:biogenesis
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable