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panspermic, a.|pænˈspɜːmɪk| [f. Gr. πάνσπερµ-ος composed of, or containing all sorts of seeds (f. παν- all + σπέρµα seed) + -ic.] Of or pertaining to panspermia.
1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Panspermicus.., of or belonging to Panspermia: panspermic. So panspermism |pænˈspɜːmɪz(ə)m| = panspermatism; panˈspermist = panspermatist.
1869tr. Pouchet's Universe (1871) 504 The name of panspermism has been given to this pretended universal dissemination of the reproductive bodies of animals and plants. 1870Nicholson Man. Zool. 33 By the ‘panspermists’ or the opponents of spontaneous generation, it is alleged, that the production of Bacteria..in organic infusions is due simply to the fact that the atmosphere and probably the fluid itself, is charged with innumerable germs. 1874Contemp. Rev. XXIII. 710 The hypothesis of Panspermism..supposes that these minutest living things have merely developed in the fluids owing to the accidental presence of invisible germs thrown off from pre-existing living organisms. 1881Tyndall Floating Matter of Air 208 Panspermism. |