abiogeneticadj.
/ˌeɪbʌɪə(ʊ)dʒᵻˈnɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˌeɪˌbaɪoʊdʒəˈnɛdɪk/ Biology and Geology.
= abiogenic adj.
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the world > life > biology > organism > [adjective] > produced by > not produced by
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1873 Glasgow Med. Jrnl. 5 319 Conceding that some [contagious particles] are animals, some vegetables, and some formless albuminous units, of biogenetic and abiogenetic origin.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 64/2 It became a tempting hypothesis that..there was a perpetual abiogenetic fount by which the first steps in the evolution of living organisms continued to arise, under suitable conditions, from inorganic matter.
1973 Science 6 July 53/2 The utilization of abiogenetic substrates in the production of methane can account for all the puzzling facets of the large methane accumulation in the lake.
1984 Oil & Gas Jrnl. (Nexis) 21 May 175 This carbonate is not derived from the precipitation of atmospheric CO2 but is thought to result from an abiogenetic source.
1999 Britannica Online (Version 99.1) at Spontaneous generation [Aristotle] identified four means of reproduction, including the abiogenetic origin of life from nonliving mud, a belief held by Greeks of that time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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