English noun: myosis |
1. | myosis (state) an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest) |
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| Synonyms | Bornholm disease, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia, epidemic pleurodynia |
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| Broader (hypernym) | epidemic disease |
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2. | myosis (act) reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller |
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| Synonyms | light reflex, miosis, pupillary reflex |
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| Broader (hypernym) | inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex |
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