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microgeneses

microgeneses is the plural of microgenesis.

Meaning of microgenesis

Noun

microgenesis (plural microgeneses)

  1. The condition of a body part which has developed abnormally small.
  2. (jargon) The development, in discrete but generally imperceptible (seemingly continuous) increments, by the human body or brain, of thoughts, motions, or actions.
    • The term microgenesis has been proposed for the continuous formative activity which underlies cognition.1975, American Handbook of Psychiatry: Organic Disorder and Psychosomatic Medicine, page 272

Questions about microgeneses

What is microgeneses the plural of?
Microgeneses is the plural of microgenesis.

Words near microgeneses in the dictionary

  1. microgeneration
  2. microgenerational
  3. microgenerations
  4. microgenerator
  5. microgenerators
  6. microgeneses
  7. microgenesis
  8. microgenia
  9. microgenic
  10. microgenitalia
  11. microgenitalism

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