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preorganic

  • a word derived from organic.
    organic
    adjective
    noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.

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And no planet has a moon anything like Titan, a world with much of the preorganic chemistry that Earth had 4.5 billion years ago--offering scientists a one-of-a-kind window into our vanished past.

From Time Magazine Archive