† abiogenyn.
Biology. Obsolete. rare.
= abiogenesis n. 1. Cf. biogeny n. 1.The form abiogeny, though attributed to Huxley in quot. 1892, does not appear in the published version of his address of 1870, nor in the earlier edition of the Encycl. Dict. (1879). Cf. note at abiogenesis n. 1.
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spontaneous generation1656
equivocal generation1658
heterogeny1863
autogeny1867
abiogenesis1870
autogony1870
archebiosis1872
abiogeny1874
archigony1876
plasmogeny1876
plasmogony1904
biopoesis1953
1874 Trans. Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Soc. 1873–4 1 11 The opponents to Abiogeny repeated the experiments with still greater care, to exclude the presence of species.
1892 Encycl. Dict. (new ed.) I. 10/2 Abiogenesis, abiogeny, a scientific word invented by Prof. Huxley, and first used by him in his address as president of the British Association at Liverpool, 1870.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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