Andromeda strain
Andromeda strain noun: any microorganism whose release and spread could cause a public health catastrophe.
Noun
Andromeda strain (plural Andromeda strains)
- Any microorganism whose release and spread could cause a public health catastrophe.
- Trout are important to those of us who enjoy angling, but trout are unimportant if this Andromeda Strain of destruction without replacement—which began more than 200 years ago and burgeoned in the twentieth century—continues.1977, Frank Woolner, Trout Hunting, page 215
- John Langone, a science writer for Discover magazine, characterizes the popular view of AIDS in 1985 as an “Andromeda strain with the transmission efficiency of the common cold.”2004, David Gere, How to Make Dances in an Epidemic
Forms of Andromeda strain
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Origin of Andromeda strain
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.
Questions about Andromeda strain
- What does Andromeda strain mean?
- Andromeda strain means any microorganism whose release and spread could cause a public health catastrophe.
- What part of speech is Andromeda strain?
- Andromeda strain is a noun.
- What is the plural of Andromeda strain?
- The plural of Andromeda strain is Andromeda strains.
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