biogenesis

Questions about biogenesis

What does biogenesis mean?

biogenesis means "production of a chemical compound by a living organism". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in biogenesis?

biogenesis has 5 syllables: bi-o-ge-ne-sis. The stress falls on "ge".

What is another word for biogenesis?

Close synonyms include biosynthesis, biogeny. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is biogenesis a common word?

biogenesis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.