[mi-mee-sis, mahy-] 
| 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.
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mimesis mi·me·sis (mĭ-mē'sĭs, mī-)
n.
The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present, often caused by hysteria.
Symptomatic imitation of one organic disease by another.
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