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Biogeny   Listen
noun
Biogeny, Biogenesis  n.  (Biol.)
(a)
1.
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.
2.
The production of a chemical compound by a living organism.
Synonyms: biosynthesis.


biogeny  n.  The production of living organisms from other living organisms; same as biogenesis 1.





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"Biogeny" Quotes from Famous Books



... BIOGENY is the development of life in general (both in the individual and the species), or the sciences ...
— The Evolution of Man, V.1. • Ernst Haeckel


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