The scientific concept that actions and decisions made during one's lifetime can change the genetics you pass on to your children. These different genetics can change such things in offspring such as likelihood of obesity, diabetes, and the length of their life.
An example of epigenetics is: Men who smoked during or before puberty had sons that had increased BMI when compared to those children who had fathers that did not smoke during that time.
The result of something being both epic, and gnarley. This term is most commonly reserved for something out of the ordinary, or something that is just indescribably awesome. The word is thought to have started from a wiseman named Silvesan from La Costa, CA.
epi meaning "upon"; condyle meaning "knuckle" or "rounded articular area(Wiki) Often refered to as the medial or lateral epicondyle of the knee. Located on the largest breadth above the medial and lateral meniscus.
1.To thus measure the “symmetry” of the knee, the investigator would then feel for the epicondyles of the femur by feeling for the largest breadth.
2. The kneesbent at an angle of 90°s forces the medial and lateral epicondyles to be exposed and available to measure.