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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.





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... digenesis^, dysmerogenesis^, eumerogenesis^, heterogenesis^, oogenesis, merogenesis^, metogenesis^, monogenesis^, parthenogenesis, homogenesis^, xenogenesis1^; authorship, publication; works, opus, oeuvre. biogeny^, dissogeny^, xenogeny^; tocogony^, vacuolization. edifice, building, structure, fabric, erection, pile, tower, flower, fruit. V. produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture; weave, forge, coin, carve, chisel; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget


Words linked to "Biogeny" :   biogenesis, propagation, generation, multiplication


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