"biogenesis" meaning in English

See biogenesis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bʌɪə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnəsɪs/ [UK], /ˌbaioʊˈd͡ʒɛnəsɪs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q7979-AlexGallon-biogenesis.wav [UK] Forms: biogenesis [singular], [plural]
Etymology: bio- + genesis Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|bio|genesis}} bio- + genesis Head templates: {{noun4}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Biogenesis is the principle that living organisms are produced only from other living organisms.
    Sense id: simple-biogenesis-en-noun-loem3mk~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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