English
Detailed Synonyms for miosis in English
miosis:
miosis [the ~] noun, American
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the miosis
– reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller 1the pupillary reflex; the miosis; the myosis; the light 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 1 -
the miosis
– (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants) 1the reduction division; the miosis; the myosis; the meiosis– (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants) 1 -
the miosis
– an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest) 1the diaphragmatic pleurisy; the miosis; the epidemic myalgia; the Bornholm disease; the myosis; the epidemic pleurodynia– an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest) 1