heterogenesis
IPA: hɛtɝʌdʒˈɛnʌsʌs
noun
- (biology) Abnormal organic development.
- (biology) Abiogenesis.
- (prescientifically) Spontaneous generation.
- (biology) The birth of a living being from a parent of a different kind; having two different forms in the life cycle.
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Examples of "heterogenesis" in Sentences
- Heterogenesis and abiogenesis are both aspects of spontaneous generation.
- It was one form of spontaneous generation, the other being heterogenesis.
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