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biogenesis
bi·o·gen·e·sis [ b ō jénnəssiss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. development of living things: the generation of living things from other preexisting life forms
2. theory of origins of life: the theory that living things can arise only from other living things and cannot be spontaneously created
3. biology 
Same as  recapitulation (sense 2)


bi·o·ge·net·ic [ b ō jə néttik ] adjective
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