Miosis

/maɪˈoʊsɪs/

Synonyms for "miosis" (5 found)

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Noun(1 words)
light reflex

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Noun(2 words)

Related words (2)

Noun(2 words)
pupillary reflexreduction division

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cell divisioncellular divisioninborn reflexinnate reflexinstinctive reflexphysiological reactionreflexreflex actionreflex responseunconditioned reflex

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Technically, drugs that cause miosis can relieve the PNS effects of those causing mydriasis since sympathetic and parasympathetic stimulation tend to negate each others' effects.

Source: tatoeba (618782)

Another feature of Stormorken syndrome is permanent constriction of the pupils of the eyes (miosis), which may be caused by abnormalities in the muscles that control the size of the pupils.

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Horner's syndrome consists of typically unilateral miosis and eyelid ptosis, and absent forehead sweating.

Source: wiktionary

Though some condemn rhetoric as the mother of lies, speaking more than the truth in hyperboles, less in her miosis, otherwise in her metaphors, contrary in her ironies, yet is there excellent use of all these […]

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