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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

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.

See also

panspermism panspermist panspermy pansphygmograph panspirituality pansporoblast