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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter;
[syn: abiogenesis, autogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Autogenesis \Au`to*gen"e*sis\, n. [Auto- + genesis.] (Biol.) Spontaneous generation. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

autogenesis n 1: a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter [syn: abiogenesis, autogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation]