ABIOGENESIS

An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary · 1891 · p. 2

n. For deriv., see A-*, Bio-*, and -genesis.* Fr., abiogénése, Ger., Abiogenese, Urzeugung. It.,a bio genes i. Sp., abiogénesis. Syn.: gene ratio œquivoca a spontanea). Spontaneous generation; the doctrine of the origin of living organisms from inanimate matter.