archebiosisn.
/ɑːkɪbʌɪˈəʊsɪs/ Biology.
H. C. Bastian's term for ‘spontaneous generation’; = abiogenesis n.
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spontaneous generation1656
equivocal generation1658
heterogeny1863
autogeny1867
abiogenesis1870
autogony1870
archebiosis1872
abiogeny1874
archigony1876
plasmogeny1876
plasmogony1904
biopoesis1953
1872 H. C. Bastian Beginnings of Life i. v. 232.
1872 C. Darwin Let. 28 Aug. in Life & Lett. (1887) III. 169 I should like to live to see Archebiosis proved true.
1874 J. Fiske Outl. 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.
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