— 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 /pan"sperr'mee/ .
[ 1835-45; panspermía mixture of all seeds. See PAN-, -SPERM, -IA ]