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Webster 1913 Edition

Epigenesis

Epˊi-gen′e-sis

,
Noun.
[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
.

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