BIOGENESIS
Dictionary entry overview: What does biogenesis mean? • BIOGENESIS (noun)
The noun BIOGENESIS has 2 senses:
1. production of a chemical compound by a living organism
2. the production of living organisms from other living organisms
Familiarity information: BIOGENESIS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BIOGENESIS (noun)
Meaning:
Production of a chemical compound by a living organism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
biogenesis; biosynthesis
Hypernyms ("biogenesis" is a kind of...):
synthesis (the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds))
Meaning:
The production of living organisms from other living organisms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
biogeny; biogenesis
Hypernyms ("biogenesis" is a kind of...):
generation; multiplication; propagation (the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production)
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