Meaning of exobiology | Babel Free

Definitions

The branch of biology dealing with lifeforms originating from a different planet.

uncountable, usually

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Examples

“Biology has lately given rise to a new discipline: exobiology, the study of extraterrestrial life. Ever since 1959, when analysis of a piece of meteor substance showed traces of organic compounds, a controversy has raged as to whether these compounds came into the atmosphere with the meteorite or whether they originate on earth.”

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