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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
mi·me·sis       [mi-mee-sis, mahy-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Rhetoric. imitation or reproduction of the supposed words of another, as in order to represent his or her character.
2.Biology. imitation.
3.Zoology. mimicry.
4.Also, mimosis. Pathology.
a.the simulation, due to hysteria, of the symptoms of a disease.
b.the simulation of the symptoms of one disease by another.
[Origin: 1640–50; < Gk mmésis imitation, equiv. to mīmé- (var. s. of mīmeǐsthai to copy) + -sis -sis]
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mi·me·sis       (mĭ-mē'sĭs, mī-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The imitation or representation of aspects of the sensible world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
  2. Biology Mimicry.
  3. Medicine The appearance, often caused by hysteria, of symptoms of a disease not actually present.


[Greek mīmēsis, from mīmeisthai, to imitate, from mīmos, imitator, mime.]

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mimesis

noun
1. the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature 
2. any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease 
3. the representation of another person's words in a speech 

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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

mimesis mi·me·sis (mĭ-mē'sĭs, mī-)
n.

  1. The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present, often caused by hysteria.
  2. Symptomatic imitation of one organic disease by another.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Mimesis

Mi*me"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? imitation.] (Rhet. & Biol.) Imitation; mimicry.

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