- panspermia, panspermatism
- The hypothetical doctrine of the omnipresence of minute forms and spores of animal and vegetable life, thus accounting for apparent spontaneous generation. [pan- + G. sperma, seed]
Medical dictionary. 2011.
panspermia, panspermatism
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panspermia — panspermic, adj. /pan sperr mee euh/, n. Biol. the theory that life exists and is distributed throughout the universe in the form of germs or spores that develop in the right environment. Also, panspermatism /pan sperr meuh tiz euhm/, panspermy… … Universalium
panspermatism — noun see panspermia … Useful english dictionary
pan|sper|mi|a — «pan SPUR mee uh», noun. = panspermatism. (Cf. ↑panspermatism) ╂[< New Latin panspermia] … Useful english dictionary
pan|sper|my — «pan SPUR mee», noun. = panspermatism. (Cf. ↑panspermatism) ╂[< New Latin panspermia] … Useful english dictionary
