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abiogenetically

adv.
C1 Advanced abio·genet·i·cal·ly

adv. in a way that creates life from non-living matter. Scientists use this to describe the process of how the first living cells might have formed.

adv. relating to the spontaneous generation of life from non-living matter. Often used in scientific contexts to describe the chemical processes that led to the origin of life.


SIMPLE

Scientists study how life might have formed abiogenetically.

CONTEXTUAL

The theory suggests that complex organic molecules could have formed abiogenetically in the early Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLEX

While the exact mechanism remains a subject of debate, many researchers believe that certain chemical reactions could have occurred abiogenetically in the primordial soup of the planet's oceans.

Origin

From abiogenetical + -ly.

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