[ pan'spə:mɪə ]
■ noun the theory that life on the earth originated from microorganisms or substances present in outer space.
Origin
C19: from Gk, from panspermos 'containing all kinds of seed'.
[ pan'spə:mɪə ]
■ noun the theory that life on the earth originated from microorganisms or substances present in outer space.
Origin
C19: from Gk, from panspermos 'containing all kinds of seed'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004