microgenesis

  1. Noun.  (context, biology) The condition of a body part which has developed abnormally small. .
  2. Noun.  (context, social science) the development, in discrete but generally imperceptible (seemingly continuous) increments, by the human body or brain, of thoughts, motions, or actions.

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