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Biogenesis (medicine) and propensity (oh)


Biogenesis (medicine)


biogenesis


The theory that life always arises from previously existing life, and never from things which are not alive (as would be the case for the theory of spontaneous generation).


propensity (oh)



[C usually singular]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: propense 'tending' (16-19 centuries), from Latin, past participle of propendere 'to lean toward']
formal a natural tendency to behave in a particular way
propensity to do sth
::the male propensity to fight
propensity for
::He seems to have a propensity for breaking things.