biogenicityn.
/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)dʒəˈnɪsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊdʒəˈnɪsᵻdi/ Chiefly Palaeontology.
The state or property of being biogenic (biogenic adj. 1b).
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1968 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 59 645 Although it might be suggested..that the amino acids here reported..are of nonbiological origin, the available evidence seems indicative of biogenicity.
1996 Nature 3 Oct. 386/3 We need to take a fresh look at the processes of stromatolite morphogenesis to seek more convincing measures of biogenicity than are currently available.
2003 S. C. Morris Life's Solution iii. 37 There was a flurry of excitement when seeming fossils were found [on a meteorite], but their biogenicity was never confirmed.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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