English Explanatory Dictionary

Andromeda strain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any microorganism whose release and spread could cause a public health catastrophe.

Word forms

Andromeda strain Andromeda strains

Etymology

After The Andromeda Strain (1969), techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton documenting the efforts of a team of scientists investigating the outbreak of a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism in Arizona.

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