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biogeny

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Biogenesis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

The study of evolutionary history not only phylogenically, by also by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, rare, uncountable

Qualifier: theory of recapitulation

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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noun

Meaning 3

the production of living organisms from other living organisms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: biogenesis

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Broader terms: generation, multiplication, propagation

History

Etymology

From bio- + -geny.

Learned borrowing from German Biogenie, itself from bio- + -genie; equivalent to bio- (“life”) + -geny (“origin”).