Accrementition

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  accrementition \ac`cre*men*ti"tion\, n. [See {accresce},
     {Increment}.] (Physiol.)
     The process of generation by development of blastema, or
     fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all
     respects like the individual from which it proceeds.
     [1913 Webster]