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biogenesis vs. abiogenesis

[ bahy-oh-jen-uh-sis ]
noun
  1. the production of living organisms from other living organisms.
[ ey-bahy-oh-jen-uh-sis, ab-ee-oh- ]
noun
  1. the theory that the earliest life forms on earth developed from nonliving matter.
  2. the now discredited theory that living organisms can arise spontaneously from inanimate matter.

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