Definition of "exobiology" [exobiology]

• The branch of biology that deals with the search for extraterrestrial life and the effects of extraterrestrial surroundings on living organisms. Also called astrobiology, space biology. (noun)

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• "Their existence will revolutionize the field of exobiology."
• "And how is this old news amongst the exobiology crowd? glycine: surely not random? trackback"
• "Nog had remembered from horror-themed holonovels that aiming for the head and destroying the brain was the best way to deal with a zombie, but that was fiction, not in exobiology."