Webster's English Dictionary

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biogenesis

bio.gen.e.sis \.bi--o--'jen-*-s*s\ \-j*-'net-ik\ \-i-k(*-)le-\ n [NL] 1: 
   the development of life from preexisting life  2: a supposed tendency for 
   stages in the evolutionary history of a race to  briefly recur during the 
   development and differentiation of an individual of that race - 
   bio.ge.net.ic aj