— abiogenetic /ay'buy oh jeuh net"ik, ab'ee oh-/ , abiogenetical , adj. — abiogenetically , adv. — abiogenist /ay'buy oj"euh nist, ab'ee-/ , n.
/ay'buy oh jen"euh sis, ab'ee oh-/ , n. Biol.
the now discredited theory that living organisms can arise spontaneously from inanimate matter; spontaneous generation.
[ A- 6 + BIOGENESIS; coined by T. H. Huxley in 1870 ]