A variant term for heterogenesis; the now-discredited theory of spontaneous generation from unlike matter.
Variant spelling of 'heterogenesis,' combining Greek 'hetero-' (different) with '-isis' (condition/process), reflecting 19th-century scientific nomenclature variations.
When scientists like Pasteur disproved heterogenesis and heterogenisis in the 1860s, they fundamentally changed biology by proving the law of biogenesis—life comes only from life!
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