primordial soup
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primordial soup
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A liquid rich in organic compounds, providing favorable conditions for the emergence and growth of life forms.
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primordial soup
or primordial slime
or primeval soup or (esp. Brit.) primaeval soup the aqueous solution of organic compounds that is considered to have been the environment in which the synthesis of macromolecules first occurred and cellular life originated. See also coacervate droplet.
or primeval soup or (esp. Brit.) primaeval soup the aqueous solution of organic compounds that is considered to have been the environment in which the synthesis of macromolecules first occurred and cellular life originated. See also coacervate droplet.
| primordial, primordia, primeverose | |
| primordium, primosome, prion |
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