Definition of Epiginesis
Ep`i*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Pref. epi-
+ genesis.] (Biol.) The theory of generation
which holds that the germ is created entirely new, not merely
expanded, by the procreative power of the parents. It is opposed to
the theory of evolution, also to syngenesis.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (biology) the theory that an organism develops by differentiation from an unstructured egg rather than by simple enlarging of something preformed
- (geology) changes in the mineral content of rock after its formation
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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