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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Epigenesis

· Ep·i·gen·e·sis · IPA
01 n. The theory of generation which holds that the germ is created entirely new, not merely expanded, by the procreative power of the parents. I…
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    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.(Biol.)