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noun
The theory that an organism develops by differentiation from an unstructured egg rather than by simple enlarging of something preformed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
Changes in the mineral content of rock after its formation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
a geological change in the mineral content of rock after the rock has formed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: metamorphism
History
From epi- + -genesis.
