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myosis

Noun

my=o=sis

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myosis(n = noun.state) bornholm disease, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia, epidemic pleurodynia - an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest); Array

is a kind of epidemic disease

myosis(n = noun.act) light reflex, miosis, pupillary reflex - reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller; Array

is a kind of inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex

Derived form adjective myotic₁

myosis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. to close the eyes or lips.].

Long-continued contraction of the pupil of the eye. [1913 Webster]

myosis, var. of MIOSIS.

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