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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. produced by living organisms or biological processes;
- Example: "fermentation is a biogenic process"

2. essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes;
- Example: "sleep and food and water are among the biogenic needs of the organism"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

biogenic \bi`o*gen"ic\, a. [Gr. bi`os life + -gen + -ic.]
   produced by living organisms; as, biogenic methane.
   [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

biogenic
    adj 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"