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Adjective: biogenic  `bI-ow'je-nik
  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"

See also: biology, essential

Encyclopedia: Biogenic