biogenesis

American  

[bahy-oh-jen-uh-sis] / ˌbaɪ oʊˈdʒɛn ə sɪs /

Also biogeny

noun

1. the production of living organisms from other living organisms.

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biogenesis British  

/ baɪˈɒdʒənəs, ˌbaɪəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs /

noun

1. the principle that a living organism must originate from a parent organism similar to itself Compare abiogenesis

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biogenesis Scientific  

/ bī′ō-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs /

1. Generation of living organisms from other living organisms.

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Other Word Forms

• biogenetic adjective
• biogenetical adjective
• biogenetically adverb
• biogenous adjective

Etymology

Origin of biogenesis

bio- + genesis, coined by T.H. Huxley in 1870

Compare meaning

How does biogenesis compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

• spontaneous generation vs. biogenesis
• biogenesis vs. abiogenesis

Example Sentences

The Raible group is currently working on improving the resolution of the observation in order to reveal even more details about bristle biogenesis.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2024

Researchers then narrowed the list down to focus on one pathway essential for making proteins, known as ribosome biogenesis.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2024

Take the new album’s lilting country waltz “Nights in the Lab,” an ode to the love that blooms between “two biologists … who process biogenesis and stare into a petri dish.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2017

Conservation of these contacts across diverse GPCRs may be due to the requirement for receptor biogenesis, protein stability or functionality.

From Nature • Feb. 13, 2013

They fail to fulfill the requirements of the alchemical law of life for the support of life—in other words, biogenesis.

From The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 by Burgoyne, Thomas H.