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Meaning of spontaneous generation

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

spontaneous generation

noun

Definitions

  1. The fancied production of living organisms without previously existing parents from inorganic matter, or from decomposing organic matter, a notion which at one time had many supporters.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spontaneous%20generation

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abiogenesisautogenesisautogenyheterogenesisarchegonyspontaneityheterogenistpanspermy