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archegenesis (s) (noun) (no pl)
The hypothesis that life can come into being from nonliving matter; archebiosis: Mary simply didn't believe that life forms could be created by the method of archegenesis, of that an organism could come into life spontaneously only from a stone or pebble, for example.
This entry is located in the following units: archaeo-, archeo-, archae-, arche-, archa-, archi-, -arch (page 4) geno-, gen-, genit-, gener-, -gen (page 4)