[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

abiogenesis \ab`iogen"esis\, n. gr. 'a priv. + bi`os life +
   ge`nesis, origin, birth. biol.
   the supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless
   matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living
   parents; spontaneous generation; -- called also abiogeny,
   and opposed to biogenesis.
   1913 webster

         i shall call the . . . doctrine that living matter may
         be produced by not living matter, the hypothesis of
         abiogenesis.                             --huxley,
                                                  1870.
   1913 webster
see also:
abiogeny biogenesis 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

abiogenesis
     n : a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms
         are created from nonliving matter syn: autogenesis, autogeny,
          spontaneous generation
see also:
autogenesis autogeny spontaneous generation 

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