Definition of Abiogenic

1. Adjective. Of chemicals, not produced by means of biochemical activity of organisms while alive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Abiogenic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Abiogenic

1. Refers to things not involved with or produced by living organisms. Origin: Gr. Gennan = to produce (06 May 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abiogenic

abilla
abillas
abilo
abilos
abime
abimes
abio-
abiocen
abiocens
abiocoen
abiogeneses
abiogenesis
abiogenetic
abiogenetical
abiogenetically
abiogenic (current term)
abiogenically
abiogenist
abiogenists
abiogenous
abiogeny
abiological
abiologically
abioses
abioseston
abiosestons
abiosis
abiotic
abiotic stress
abiotic transformation

Literary usage of Abiogenic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Crabb's English Synonyms by George. Crabb (1917)
"abiogenic is a recently coined word that has no real synonyms; abio- genic, ... abiogenic pertains to the production of life or living beings under certain ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1874)
"... the action of the alkali is to heighten the surviving power of preexisting germs, and not to exalt the abiogenic aptitude of the infusion itself. ..."

3. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1875)
"... the vital resistance of the germs to heat, or does it increase " the abiogenic aptitude ... be supplemented by another and an abiogenic mode of origin. ..."

4. Hydrogen: National Mission for Canada : the Report of the Advisory Group on by Canada Parliament (1987)
"The world's first gas well being drilled specifically to seek abiogenic natural gas (through non-sedimentary rock) has, at the time of writing of this ..."

5. Abstracts of the Eighth International Conference on Geochronology by Marvin A. Lanphere, G. Brent Dalrymple, Brent D. Turrin (1994)
"abiogenic NATURAL GAS POOL IN PRODUCTION GASES FROM SONGLIAO BASIN, ... 0%o)- As for the abiogenic natural gas, the 013C of methane homologues formed by ..."

6. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"CN (5) Since acetonitrile is one of a group of small molecules important in theories of abiogenic synthesis in primitive atmospheres,4-' and since ..."

7. The Popular Science Monthly (1891)
"... over and over again with abiogenic germs—just as it is now repeated in an infinite variety of forms among the germs which are biogenic. ..."

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