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Noun: biogenesis  ,bI-ow'je-nu-sis
  1. The production of living organisms from other living organisms
    "biogenesis is a fundamental characteristic of all known life forms";
    - biogeny
     
  2. Production of a chemical compound by a living organism
    "Photosynthesis is a form of biogenesis in plants";
    - biosynthesis

Type of: generation, multiplication, propagation, synthesis

Encyclopedia: Biogenesis