EPIGENESIS


Meaning of EPIGENESIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌe-pə-ˈje-nə-səs ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin

Date: 1798

1. : development of a plant or animal from an egg or spore through a series of processes in which unorganized cell masses differentiate into organs and organ systems ; also : the theory that plant and animal development proceeds in this way — compare preformation 2

2. : change in the mineral character of a rock owing to outside influences

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.