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archebiosis Biol.|ɑːkɪbaɪˈəʊsɪs|
[mod.L., f. Gr. ἀρχή beginning + βίος life + -osis (cf. βίωσις way of life).]
H. C. Bastian's term for ‘spontaneous generation’; = abiogenesis.
1872Bastian Beginnings of Life i. v. 232. 1872 Darwin Let. 28 Aug. in F. Darwin Life & Lett. (1887) III. 169, I should like to live to see Archebiosis proved true. 1874Fiske Cosmic Philos. I. ii. viii. 430 Archebiosis, or the origination of living matter in accordance with natural laws, must have occurred at some epoch of the past. |