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Meaning of panspermia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The hypothesis that microorganisms may transmit life from outer space to habitable bodies; or the process of such transmission.

uncountable

Equivalents

Polski panspermia
Português panspermia

Examples

“Lederberg's ideas were tinged with Cold War paranoia. In his hands, panspermia came to resemble horizontal gene transfer on a cosmic scale.”

CEFR level

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

panspermism panspermist panspermy pansphygmograph panspirituality pansporoblast

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