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Autogenesis

🔄 Synonyms of "Autogenesis"

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Word	Definition
abiogenesisnoun	(evolutionary theory) The origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents.
autogenynoun	spontaneous generation
spontaneous generationnoun	(evolutionary theory, historical) The fancied production of live organisms without previously existing parents from inorganic matter, or from decomposing organic matter, a notion which at one time had many supporters.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Autogenesis"

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Word	Definition
abiogenesisnoun	(evolutionary theory) The origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents.
spontaneous generationnoun	(evolutionary theory, historical) The fancied production of live organisms without previously existing parents from inorganic matter, or from decomposing organic matter, a notion which at one time had many supporters.
autogenynoun	spontaneous generation
biogenesisnoun	The principle that living organisms are produced only from other living organisms.
archebiosisnoun	(biology) The origination of living matter from non-living; abiogenesis.
autogonynoun	(dated, biology) abiogenesis
biopoesisnoun	(biochemistry, biology) The formation of life from self-replicating, but not living, molecules.
archegonynoun	(archaic, biology) spontaneous generation; abiogenesis
neogenesisnoun	(biology) The regeneration of tissue.
homoeogenesisnoun	(biology) Production of living offspring between organisms belonging to the same species.
biopoiesisnoun	(evolutionary theory) abiogenesis
abiogenistnoun	(biology) One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent life.
organogenesisnoun	(biology) the formation and development of the organs of an organism from embryonic cells
biogenynoun	Biogenesis.
autopoiesisnoun	(systems theory) Self-creation; self-organization.
ectogenesisnoun	The development of an organism in an artificial environment outside the body in which it naturally grows.
heterogenesisnoun	(biology) The birth of a living being from a parent of a different kind; having two different forms in the life cycle.
abiogenynoun	(evolutionary theory) abiogenesis.
idiogenesisnoun	Genesis from no evident cause.
epigenesisnoun	(biology) The theory that an organism develops by differentiation from an unstructured egg rather than by simple enlarging of something preformed.