Another remarkable example of a similar concrete construction are the two airplane hangars for the Italian Air Force in Orvieto, Italy, by Italian architect and structural engineer Pier Luigi Nervi, designed in 1935 and built in 1938. They were also destroyed during World War II.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Molecular mimicry. Molecular mimicry is defined as the theoretical possibility that sequence similarities between foreign and self-peptides are sufficient to result in the cross-activation of autoreactive T or B cells by pathogen-derived peptides.
Full Definition of MIMICRY. 1. a: an instance of mimicking b: the action, practice, or art of mimicking. 2. : a superficial resemblance of one organism to another or to natural objects among which it lives that secures it a selective advantage (as protection from predation).See mimicry defined for English-language learners. a type of protection from predators in which one animal resembles the coloring, form, or behavior of another animal that is harmful or bad-tasting. noun mimÂ·icÂ·ry \Ëmim-i-krÄ\.