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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Biogenesis \Bi`o*gen"e*sis\, Biogeny \Bi*og"e*ny\, n. [Gr. bi`os
     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; -- called also biogeny; --
         opposed to abiogenesis.
     (b) Life development generally.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     2. the production of a chemical compound by a living
        organism.
  
     Syn: biosynthesis.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Biogenesis \Bi`o*gen"e*sis\, Biogeny \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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  biogenesis
       n 1: production of a chemical compound by a living organism [syn:
             biosynthesis]
       2: the production of living organisms from other living
          organisms [syn: biogeny]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  biogenesis
     n.
     1 The principle that living organisms are produced only from other
  living organisms.
     2 biosynthesis.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  biogenesis
     n.
     1 The principle that living organisms are produced only from other
  living organisms.
     2 biosynthesis.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  biogenesis
     n.
     1 The principle that living organisms are produced only from other
  living organisms.
     2 biosynthesis.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  biogenesis
     n.
     1 The principle that living organisms are produced only from other
  living organisms.
     2 biosynthesis.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  biogenesis
     Englanti n.
     (yhteys biologia k=en) biogeneesi

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  biogenesis /bˌaɪəʊdʒˈɛnɪsˌɪs/ 
  biogeneze

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  biogenesis /bˌaɪəʊdʒˈɛnɪsˌɪs/
  Biogenese , Entwicklungsgeschichte , Lehre von der Entstehung des Lebens [biol.]

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  biogenesis /bˌaɪəʊdʒˈɛnɪsˌɪs/ 
  biogênese

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  biogenesis /bˌaɪəʊdʒˈɛnɪsˌɪs/
  1. (biyol.) canlı organizmaların sadece canlı organizmalardan geldiklerine ait kuram.

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 生物的续生说,生源论;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 生源论

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