单词 | abiogenist |
释义 | abiogenistn. Biology. Now historical. A person who supports the hypothesis of abiogenesis (spontaneous generation). Cf. abiogenesis n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > theories > person holding theory > [noun] > of origin or development of life animalculist1730 epigenesist1784 vermiculist1784 animalist1800 epigenist1803 ovarist1816 spermatist1836 ovist1838 creationist1856 seminist1857 vitalist1860 monogenist1868 nomogenist1868 panspermist1868 abiogenist1870 heterogenist1870 panspermatist1870 ovulist1879 adaptionist1888 abiogenesist1889 thaumatogenist1891 1870 T. H. Huxley in Nature 15 Sept. 403/1 It has been a common objection of Abiogenists that, if the doctrine of Biogeny is true, the air must be thick with germs. 1926 Sci. Monthly Dec. 497/2 The abiogenist argued that ‘the sealing of the flask excluded air and the oxygen of air is essential for the generation of life’. 1961 High School Biol. (Blue Version) Text Pt. I (Nat. Sci. Foundation) (rev. ed.) 72 Let us, for the sake of brevity, refer to these supporters of spontaneous generation as abiogenists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1870 |
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