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my⋅o⋅sis

[mahy-oh-sis]
–noun Medicine/Medical.
miosis.

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
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.]
my·o·sis   (mī-ō'sĭs)   
n.  Variant of miosis.

Myosis

My*o"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to close the eyes or lips.] (Med.) Long-continued contraction of the pupil of the eye.

Main Entry: myosis
variant of MIOSIS

myosis my·o·sis (mī-ō'sĭs)
n.
Variant of miosis.

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