exobiology

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The branch of biology dealing with exolife: (putative or predicted) extraterrestrial lifeforms (those originating from planets other than Earth). uncountable,usually
    — 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.

词形变化

exobiologies plural

词源

From exo- + biology, coined by American molecular biologist Joshua Lederberg.
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