Bi`o*gen"e*sis (?), Bi*og"e*ny (?), n. [Gr. life + , , birth.] Biol. (a)

A doctrine that the genesis or production of living organisms can take place only through the agency of living germs or parents; -- opposed to abiogenesis.

(b)

Life development generally.

 

© Webster 1913.

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