[meem] 
| a cultural item that is transmitted by repetition in a manner analogous to the biological transmission of genes. |
| meme (mēm) n. A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another. [Shortening (modeled on gene) of mimeme, from Greek mimēma, something imitated, from mimeisthai, to imitate; see mimesis.] |