English Explanatory Dictionary

spontaneous generation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

spontaneous generation spontaneous generations

Synonyms

autogenesis

Related words

abiogenesis

Derived words

spontaneous generationist
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