名詞 mimesis:

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

mi.me.sis

n.（名詞）
The imitation or representation of aspects of the sensible world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
模仿：文學(xué)或藝術(shù)中對(duì)可感知世界的某些側(cè)面的模仿或表現(xiàn)，尤指人類(lèi)的行為
Biology Mimicry.
【生物學(xué)】 擬態(tài)
Medicine The appearance, often caused by hysteria, of symptoms of a disease not actually present.
【醫(yī)學(xué)】 疾病模仿：出現(xiàn)某些實(shí)際并不患有的某種疾病的癥狀，通常由歇斯底里而引起

來(lái)源：
Greek mimôsis
希臘語(yǔ) mimôsis
from mimeisthai [to imitate]
源自 mimeisthai [模仿]
from mimos [imitator, mime]
源自 mimos [模仿者，模擬笑劇的演員]