Keywords |
  • Biology,
  • Life

Autopoiesis

Autopoiesis comes from the Greek for (self) and (poiesis) creation. The term was created by Maturana to describe living beings . The term therefore means the property for the living being to create a system by itself. This system is separated from its environment by a physical barrier (membrane, skin, etc.) which itself is produced by the system.

Autopoieses describes auto-self creating systems such as cells.  © NIH, public domain Autopoieses describes auto-self creating systems such as cells. © NIH, public domain

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