Hypertext Webster Gateway: "epigenesis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Epigenesis \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
epigenesis
n : a geological change in the mineral content of rock after the
rock has formed
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