xenology

From xeno- +‎ -logy. Coined prior to 1974 and later popularized by Robert Freitas.^[1]

xenology (uncountable)

1. (science fiction) The study of alien life.

   Synonym: exobiology Hypernym: astrobiology

2. (genetics) Homology from horizontal gene transfer.

• anthropology

• xenological
• xenologist