biogenous
oʊˈdʒɛn noun
the production of living organisms from other living organisms.
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biogenesis (ˌbaɪəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| 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 | |
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Biogenous
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| 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 | |
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Medical Dictionary
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.
bi'o·ge·net'ic (-jə-nět'ĭk) or bi'o·ge·net'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
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Science Dictionary
biogenesis  (bī'ō-jěn'ĭ-sĭs) Pronunciation Key
Generation of living organisms from other living organisms. |
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