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| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
| biogenesis (ˌbaɪəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs) | |
| —n | |
| Compare abiogenesis the principle that a living organism must originate from a parent organism similar to itself | |
| bioge'netic | |
| —adj | |
| bioge'netical | |
| —adj | |
| biogenous | |
| —adj | |
| bioge'netically | |
| —adv | |
biogenesis bi·o·gen·e·sis (bī'ō-jěn'ĭ-sĭs)
n.
The principle that life originates from preexisting life and not from nonliving material.
See biosynthesis.
| biogenesis (bī'ō-jěn'ĭ-sĭs) Pronunciation Key
Generation of living organisms from other living organisms. |