Bi·o·gen·e·sis Bi·og·e·ny n. 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.
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biogeny
n : the production of living organisms from other living
organisms [syn: biogenesis]