autogeny

• Substantiv, das die hypothetische Erzeugung lebender Organismen aus unbelebter Materie bezeichnet; in der Biologie auch die Entstehung von Lebewesen ohne Eltern, also Urzeugung oder Abiogenese.

A noun referring to a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter.

unzählbar

1. Spontaneous generationC2formalscientific

   A hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter.

   Urzeugung

   • The theory of autogeny was once widely accepted before Pasteur's experiments.
   • Autogeny suggests that life can arise spontaneously from inanimate materials.
   • Modern biology has thoroughly disproven the concept of autogeny.

   Synonymeabiogenesisautogenesisspontaneous generation