the development of living organisms without the agency of pre-existing living matter, usually considered as resulting from changes taking place in…
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释义 | the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > types of reproduction > [noun] > spontaneous (12) spontaneous generation1656 the development of living organisms without the agency of pre-existing living matter, usually considered as resulting from changes taking place in… equivocal generation1658 Of uncertain nature; not admitting of being classified, ‘nondescript’. equivocal generation n. the (supposed) production of plants or animals… heterogeny1863 Biology. Production of living beings from substances organic or inorganic without germs or ovules; spontaneous generation. autogeny1867 Biology. = autogony, n. Now rare. abiogenesis1870 The supposed production of certain living organisms directly from inanimate matter, rather than by the reproduction of existing organisms… autogony1870 The coming into being of living organisms from non-living matter; spontaneous generation. Cf. autogeny, n. 2. archebiosis1872 H. C. Bastian's term for ‘spontaneous generation’; = abiogenesis, n. abiogeny1874 = abiogenesis, n. 1. Cf. biogeny, n. 1. archigony1876 A proposed equivalent of abiogenesis, n.: cf. archebiosis, n. plasmogeny1876 The hypothetical process by which simple living cells or organisms are supposed to have developed from organic substances. Cf. autogony, n. plasmogony1904 = plasmogeny, n. biopoesis1953 = abiogenesis, n. Cf. biogenesis, n. 1a. |
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