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ˌaerobiˈology
[f. aero- + biology.]
The study of airborne micro-organisms or spores and their distribution, esp. as agents of infection. Hence ˌaerobioˈlogical a.; ˌaerobiˈologist.
1937Biol. Abstr. XI. 2348/2 Aerobiology. 1942F. R. Moulton Aerobiology p. iii, Although aerobiology has developed as a specialized field of investigation only within the past ten or fifteen years, it had its origin in the pioneer experiments of Spallanzani, in 1776, and in the work of Pasteur, Tyndall and others who used the methods of the aerobiologist..in combating the theory of spontaneous generation of life. Ibid. 1/2 Agriculture and medicine appear to be the general fields in which there is greatest present need for aerobiological investigations. 1951Nature 27 Oct. 721/2 (caption) Exposures on aerobiological flight IV of 1947. 1957H. A. Hyde in Nature 4 May 890/1 Aerobiology may be defined as the study of the aerial transport of plants and animals or viable parts thereof, including flying animals (such as insects) in so far as passive movement is a major factor in their dispersal. |