panspermatism


pan·sper·mi·a

, panspermatism (pan-sper'mē-ă, -sper'mă-tizm), The hypothetical doctrine of the omnipresence of minute forms and spores of animal and vegetable life, thus accounting for apparent spontaneous generation. [pan- + G. sperma, seed]

panspermatism

An obsolete, naïve and discredited concept of the omnipresence of minute particles of plants and animals to account for spontaneous generation.