Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the branch of biology concerned with the effects of outer space on living organisms and the search for extraterrestrial life;
[syn: exobiology, space biology, astrobiology]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
astrobiology \astrobiology\ n.
exobiology; -- not used technically.
Syn: exobiology.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
astrobiology
n 1: the branch of biology concerned with the effects of outer
space on living organisms and the search for
extraterrestrial life [syn: exobiology, space biology,
astrobiology]