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单词 abiogenesis
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•bi•o•gen•e•sis  (ā′bī ō jenə sis, ab′ē ō-),USA pronunciation n. [Biol.]
  1. Biologythe now discredited theory that living organisms can arise spontaneously from inanimate matter; spontaneous generation.
  • coined by T. H. Huxley in 1870 a-6 + biogenesis
a•bi•o•ge•net•ic  (ā′bī ō jə netik, ab′ē ō-),USA pronunciation a′bi•o•ge•neti•cal, adj.  a′bi•o•ge•neti•cal•ly, adv. 
a•bi•og•e•nist  (ā′bī ojə nist, ab′ē-),USA pronunciation n. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
abiogenesis /ˌeɪbaɪəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/ n

  1. Also called: autogenesis the hypothetical process by which living organisms first arose on earth from nonliving matter
  2. another name for spontaneous generation
Etymology: 19th Century: New Latin, from a-1 + bio- + genesis
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