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incurve(2) (iou) and mimesis (medicine)


incurve(2) (iou)



incurve verb. LME.
[Latin incurvare, formed as IN-2 + curvare CURVE verb.]
verb trans. Bend into a curve; bend (something) inwards. Freq. as incurved ppl adjective. LME.
verb intrans. Curve or bend (inwards). E18.

mimesis (medicine)


mimesis


1. Hysterical simulation of organic disease.

2. The symptomatic imitation of one organic disease by another.

Origin: G. Mimesis, imitation, fr. Mimeomai, to mimic