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：文學或藝術中對可感知世界的某些側面的模仿或表現，尤指人類的行為
Biology Mimicry.
【生物學】 擬態(tài)
Medicine The appearance, often caused by hysteria, of symptoms of a disease not actually present.
【醫(yī)學】 疾病模仿：出現某些實際并不患有的某種疾病的癥狀，通常由歇斯底里而引起

來源：
Greek mimôsis
希臘語 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]