a. [ Pref. epi- + Gr. gi`gnesqai to be born, grow. ] 1. (Crystallog.) Foreign; unnatural; unusual; -- said of forms of crystals not natural to the substances in which they are found. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Geol.) Formed originating on the surface of the earth; -- opposed to hypogene; as, epigene rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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