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Adjective
/ˌbīōˈjenik/,
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Produced or brought about by living organisms,
  1. Produced or brought about by living organisms
    • - biogenic sediments
  1. produced by living organisms or biological processes; "fermentation is a biogenic process"
  2. essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes; "sleep and food and water are among the biogenic needs of the organism"
  3. (biogenesis) biosynthesis: production of a chemical compound by a living organism
  4. A biogenic substance is a substance produced by life processes. It may be either constituents, or secretions, of plants or animals. A more specific name for these substances is biomolecules.
  5. Biogenesis is the process of lifeforms producing other lifeforms, e.g. a spider lays eggs, which develop into spiders. It may also refer to biochemical processes of production in living organisms.
  6. (Biogenesis (The X-Files)) "Biogenesis" is the 139th episode and the twenty-second episode of the sixth season of the science fiction television series The X-Files. ...
  7. (Biogenics) the study of characteristics, such as age, gender and race, that individuals possess at birth and which are determinants of the differences in their needs.
  8. (Biogenesis) [Greek bios – life and genes – born] – process of formation of organic compounds by living organisms. A theory of B. denies a concept of origin of life on the Earth as a result of generation of living things from a lifeless matter. A basic idea of B. ...
  9. (Biogenesis) the concept that all life arises from living matter
  10. (biogenesis (adj. biogenic)) The principle that plants or animals can originate only from other plants or animals. See also: spontaneous generation.
  11. Produced by natural processes. Usually used in the context of emissions that are produced by plants and animals.
  12. (bi-o-gen'-ic)  Formed by the action of biological organisms.
  13. The term means something generated by living organisms and is used to differentiate between waste fractions that are biogenic compounds (such as food residues, paper, etc.) and fossil compounds (such as plastic etc.).