panspermia
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of panspermia
1835–45; < New Latin < Greek panspermía mixture of all seeds. See pan-, -sperm, -ia
Example Sentences
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Even so, their findings support the possibility that panspermia between Earth and Venus could occur.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
Describe the questions that must be addressed for panspermia to be a scientific hypothesis about the origin of life on Earth and describe the reasons for the directed panspermia revision of this hypothesis.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Even if Loeb and Siraj’s meteor had managed to reach Earth’s surface, however, other experts in the arcane topic of panspermia suggest it would not have brought anything living with it.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 23, 2019
“We’ll create panspermia if it didn’t already exist,” he said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2011
All the citizens cooked a panspermia or “Pot-of-all-Seeds,” but of this Pot-of-all-Seeds no citizen tasted.
From Ancient Art and Ritual by Harrison, Jane Ellen
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