Panspermia

Panspermia
Panspermia Pan`sper"mi*a, Panspermy Pan"sper`my, n. [Pan- + Gr. ? a seed.] (Biol.) (a) The doctrine of the widespread distribution of germs, from which under favorable circumstances bacteria, vibrios, etc., may develop. (b) The doctrine that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis; -- the opposite of {spontaneous generation}. (c) The theory that life on earth originated from spores or germs that evolved elsewhere in the uiniverse; -- in contradistinction to the theory that life evolved on earth from inanimate matter. This theory, originally suggested by S. Arrhenius in 1907, is sometimes advanced by those who feel that the time required for evolution of life is too long for life to have evolved on Earth from inanimate matter. [1913 Webster +PJC]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • panspermia — s. f. Teoria filosófica oposta à da geração espontânea.   ‣ Etimologia: pan + spermo + ia …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • panspermia — (Del gr. πανσπερμία, mezcla de semillas de todas especies). f. Doctrina que sostiene hallarse difundidos por todas partes gérmenes de seres organizados que no se desarrollan hasta encontrar circunstancias favorables para ello …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • panspermia — [pan spʉr′mē ə] n. a theory holding that the seeds of life diffuse naturally through outer space …   English World dictionary

  • Panspermia — (Del gr. pan, todo + sperma, simiente.) ► sustantivo femenino BIOLOGÍA Teoría que defiende que todos los cuerpos reproductores son universales y se desarrollan donde existe un entorno favorable. TAMBIÉN panespermia * * * panspermia (del gr.… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • 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

  • Panspermia-Theorie — Die Hypothese der Panspermie [panspɛrˈmiː] (gr. πανσπερμία panspermía, von πάν pán „alles“ und σπέρμα spérma „Samen“; dt. soviel wie „All Saat“) besagt, dass sich einfache Lebensformen über große Distanzen durch das Universum bewegen und so die… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • panspermia — noun The hypothesis that microorganisms may transmit life from outer space to habitable bodies; or the process of such transmission …   Wiktionary

  • panspermia — pan·sper·mia .pan spər mē ə n a theory propounded in the 19th century in opposition to the theory of spontaneous generation and holding that reproductive bodies of living organisms exist throughout the universe and develop wherever the… …   Medical dictionary

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