Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Abiogenesis \Ab`i*o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + bi`os life +
ge`nesis, 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}.
[1913 Webster]
I shall call the . . . doctrine that living matter may
be produced by not living matter, the hypothesis of
abiogenesis. --Huxley,
1870.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abiogenesis
n 1: a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms
are created from nonliving matter [syn: {abiogenesis},
{autogenesis}, {autogeny}, {spontaneous generation}]
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
abiogenesis /ɑbijoɤ°ənezəs/
abiogenesis