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  1. spontaneous generations: Merriam-Webster
  2. spontaneous generations: Collins English Dictionary
  3. spontaneous generations: Vocabulary.com
  4. spontaneous generations: Wiktionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spontaneous generations: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See spontaneous_generation as well.)


noun:  (evolutionary theory, historical) The fancied production of live organisms without previously existing parents from inorganic matter, or from decomposing organic matter, a notion which at one time had many supporters.
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