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abiogeneses

abiogeneses is the plural of abiogenesis.

Meaning of abiogenesis

Noun

abiogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural abiogeneses)

  1. (evolutionary theory) The origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents.
    • And thus the hypothesis that living matter always arises by the agency of pre-existing living matter, took definite shape; […] It will be necessary for me to refer to this hypothesis so frequently, that, to save circumlocution, I shall call it the hypothesis of Biogenesis; and I shall term the...1870 September 17, [Thomas Henry Huxley], “The President’s Address”, in The Athenæum: Journal of English and Foreign Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, Music and the Drama, number 2238, London...
    Synonyms:
    abiogeny, biopoiesis, origin of life

Questions about abiogeneses

What is abiogeneses the plural of?
Abiogeneses is the plural of abiogenesis.

Words near abiogeneses in the dictionary

  1. abiocen
  2. abiocens
  3. abiochemical
  4. abiocoen
  5. Abiodun
  6. abiogeneses
  7. abiogenesis
  8. abiogenesist
  9. abiogenesists
  10. abiogenetic
  11. abiogenetical

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