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mi⋅o⋅sis

[mahy-oh-sis]
–noun, plural -ses [-seez] . Medicine/Medical.
excessive constriction of the pupil of the eye, as a result of drugs, disease, or the like.
Also, myosis.
Compare mydriasis.


Origin:
1810–20; var. of myosis < Gk (ein) to shut (the eyes) + -ōsis -osis
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mi·o·sis also my·o·sis   (mī-ō'sĭs)   
n.   pl. mi·o·ses also my·o·ses (-sēz)
Constriction of the pupil of the eye, resulting from a normal response to an increase in light or caused by certain drugs or pathological conditions.

[Greek mūein, to close the eyes + -osis.]
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Main Entry: mi·o·sis
Variant: also my·o·sis /mI-'O-s&s, mE-/
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural mi·o·ses also my·o·ses /-"sEz/
: excessive smallness or contraction of the pupil of the eye
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miosis mi·o·sis or my·o·sis (mī-ō'sĭs)
n. pl. mi·o··ses (-sēz)

  1. The period of decline of a disease in which the intensity of the symptoms begins to diminish.

  2. Constriction of the pupil of the eye, resulting from a normal response to an increase in light or caused by certain drugs or pathological conditions.

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