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Meaning of exobiology | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Deutsch Exobiologie
Español exobiología
Suomi eksobiologia
Français exobiologie
Gaeilge eisibhitheolaíocht
Nederlands exobiologie
Polski astrobiologia egzobiologia
Português exobiologia
Română exobiologie
Русский экзобиоло́гия

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

exobiotic exocannibal exocannibalism exocanthion exocanthus exocarboxypeptidase

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