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spontaneous generation

noun

the theory, now discredited, that living organisms can originate in nonliving matter independently of other living matter; abiogenesis

Browse dictionary entries near spontaneous generation

  1. ‹ spontaneous combustion
  2. ‹ spontaneous
  3. ‹ spontaneity
  4. ‹ sponsorship
  5. ‹ sponsored domain
  6. ‹ sponsor
  7. ‹ sponson
  8. ‹ sponsion
  9. ‹ spongy
  10. ‹ spongin
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