nonliving material

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• microbiology — microbiological /muy kroh buy euh loj i keuhl/, microbiologic, adj. microbiologically, adv. microbiologist, n. /muy kroh buy ol euh jee/, n. the branch of biology dealing with the structure, function, uses, and modes of existence of microscopic… …   Universalium

• biopoiesis — ▪ biological process       a process by which living organisms are thought to develop from nonliving matter, and the basis of a theory on the origin of life on Earth. According to this theory, conditions were such that, at one time in Earth s… …   Universalium

• apneumone — n. [Gr. an, without; pneuma, air] A substance emitted by a nonliving material that envokes a behavioral or physiological reaction favorable to the receiving organism, but detrimental to another species that may be found in or on the nonliving… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• Biogenesis — This article is about generation of life from existing life. For the biogenetic law of Ernst Haeckel, see recapitulation theory. For the chemical origin of life, see abiogenesis. Biogenesis is the law that living things come only from other… …   Wikipedia

• Tree of Knowledge System — The Tree of Knowledge (ToK) System is a novel, theoretical approach to the unification of psychology developed by professor Gregg Henriques of James Madison University.The outline of the system was published in 2003 in Review of General… …   Wikipedia

• morphology — morphologic /mawr feuh loj ik/, morphological, adj. morphologically, adv. morphologist, n. /mawr fol euh jee/, n. 1. the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms. 2. the form and structure of an organism considered as a… …   Universalium

• spontaneous generation — Biol. abiogenesis. [1650 60] * * * ▪ biology also called  Abiogenesis,         the hypothetical process by which living organisms develop from nonliving matter; also, the archaic theory that utilizes this process to explain the origin of life.… …   Universalium

• Evolution of the eye — The evolution of the eye has been a subject of significant study, as a distinctive example of a homologous organ present in a wide variety of taxa. The development of the eye is considered by some experts to be monophyletic; that is, all modern… …   Wikipedia

• Rotating locomotion in living systems — A passive wheel Rotating locomotion encompasses two distinct modes of …   Wikipedia

• Extermination (video game) — Infobox VG title = Extermination caption = North American box art developer = Deep Space publisher = Sony Computer Entertainment distributor = designer = engine = version = released = vgrelease|JP=March 8, 2001vgrelease|PAL=June 8, 2001… …   Wikipedia

• biogenesis — 1. Term given by Huxley to the principle that life originates from preexisting life only and never from nonliving material. See spontaneous generation, recapitulation theory. 2. SYN: biosynthesis. [bio + G. genesis, origin] …   Medical dictionary