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Definition of: pathomimesis
(path′ō·mi·mē′sis, -mī·mē′-) noun Psychiatry
The simulation of a disease or of its symptoms, found in hysteria. Also path′o·mim′i·cry (-mim′i·krē).
—path′o·mi·met′ic (-mi·met′ik, -mī·met′-) adjective
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