GENESIS

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 6

(Lat.), n. f. Je*n(gean)'eas-ias. Gen., genes'eos (gen'- tsis). Gr., ylvtvit (from ytwav. to engender). Fr., {/mete, yt'iu'-xif. Ger., Zeuyunj, Erzenyung. I. The act, mode, or condition of reproduction; generation. [L, 343. J 2. A mode or proce of production. [s. 168]