micrographia

micrographia
/muy'kreuh graf"ee euh/, n.
1. minute handwriting.
2. Pathol. a neurological condition, usually symptomatic of parkinsonism, in which the handwriting becomes progressively smaller.
[ < NL; see MICRO-, -GRAPH, -IA]

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