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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as panspermatist.

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  • noun An advocate of panspermism; one who believes that life on Earth originated in outer space.

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  • The panspermist theory was further confirmed by the inge - nious experiments devised by John Tyndall to prove that exposed infusions of sterile organic matter fail to produce bacteria when surrounded by optically pure air.

    SPONTANEOUS GENERATION ARAM VARTANIAN 1968

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