Xenochemistry

Origin

Full definition of xenochemistry

Noun

1. (rare, scifi) The study of extraterrestrial chemistry.
• 2012, Norman M. Wereley, ‎Janet M. Sater, Plants and Mechanical Motion: A Synthetic Approach to Nastic Materials and StructuresThe engineering scale shows “simple copy” at the biological “system or structure” level down to “xenochemistry of engineered systems” at the “molecular level.”