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Andromeda strain definition

☆ Andromeda strain

a hypothetical microorganism, as might be developed from biological research, that if released would uncontrollably kill living things on earth

Etymology: ref. to outer-space bacteria in The Andromeda Strain, science fiction novel (1969) by U.S. writer M. Crichton

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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