I. |bīō+ noun
Etymology: New Latin, from bi- (II) + Latin genesis
1. : the development of life from preexisting life — opposed to abiogenesis
2. : the supposed tendency for stages in the evolutionary history of a race to briefly recur during the development and differentiation of an individual of that race — compare recapitulation theory
II. noun
: the synthesis of chemical compounds or structures in the living organism
• biogenetic adjective
• biogenetically adverb