exobiology

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

exobiology (usually uncountable, plural exobiologies)

1. (biology, science fiction) The branch of biology dealing with lifeforms originating a different planet.

   Synonym: xenobiology

   Hypernym: astrobiology

   • 1973, Lyall Watson, Supernature, page ix. 310:

     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.

Translations

biology dealing with extraterrestrial lifeforms

• Catalan: exobiologia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天體生物學／天体生物学, 外空生物学, 太空生物学

• Dutch: exobiologie (nl) f
• Finnish: eksobiologia
• French: exobiologie (fr) f
• German: Exobiologie (de) f
• Hungarian: exobiológia
• Irish: eisibhitheolaíocht f
• Khmer: ពហិជីវវិទ្យា (pea’he’ chiivoa vityie)
• Lithuanian: egzobiologija f
• Polish: astrobiologia (pl) f, egzobiologia f
• Portuguese: exobiologia f
• Romanian: exobiologie (ro)
• Russian: экзобиоло́гия (ru) f (ekzobiológija)

Further reading

• astrobiology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia