Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

andromeda strain

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.14 in modern English

Syllables: an-dromeda s-train
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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."
"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.”"

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.

Inflected Forms

Andromeda strains (plural)

Questions

What does andromeda strain mean?: Any microorganism whose release and spread could cause a public health catastrophe.
Where does andromeda strain come from?: 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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