chicken soup
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Meaning · English
The aqueous solution of nutrients used in the Viking lander biological experiments to detect microbial Martian life.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “chicken soup” mean?
The aqueous solution of nutrients used in the Viking lander biological experiments to detect microbial Martian life.
Is “chicken soup” formal or informal?
chicken soup is generally slang.