panspermia
English
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Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]panspermia (uncountable)
- (biology) The hypothesis that microorganisms may transmit life from outer space to habitable bodies; or the process of such transmission.
- 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 88:
- Lederberg's ideas were tinged with Cold War paranoia. In his hands, panspermia came to resemble horizontal gene transfer on a cosmic scale.
Derived terms
[edit]- panspermial
- panspermic
- panspermically
- lithopanspermia
- necropanspermia
- radiopanspermia
- directed panspermia
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]hypothetical force
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