Term:xenobiology
Literally meaning: “"biology of the foreigners"
Origin: Anc Greek
ξένος/xenos(=foreign, strange)
βίος/vios(=life) +(-λογία)/-logia(=logy, suffix meaning “study of”, “speech”, “discourse”) > λέω/leo (=speak).
Coined/History
in 1954 by science fiction writer Robert Heinlein in his work "The Star Beast"
Definition
Xenobiology is the study of extraterrestrial lifeforms
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