Miosis
nounid
88014·updated May 18, 2026verified
reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller
polysemous
Classifications
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- light reflexmeiosisreduction division
- plural
- Miosises
- possessive
- Miosis's
- pluralpossessive
- Miosises'
Framework definitions
- §1
- reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller
- §2
- (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms
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