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Epigene
Ep′i-gene
,Adj.
[Pref.
epi-
+ Gr. γίγνεσθαι
to be born, grow.] 1.
(Crystallog.)
Foreign; unnatural; unusual; – said of forms of crystals not natural to the substances in which they are found.
2.
(Geol.)
Formed originating on the surface of the earth; – opposed to
hypogene
; as,
. epigene
rocks