Noun
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| myosis -
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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light reflex,
pupillary reflex,
miosis |
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inborn reflex,
innate reflex,
instinctive reflex,
physiological reaction,
reflex,
reflex action,
reflex response,
unconditioned reflex an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
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| myosis -
an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)
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epidemic pleurodynia,
epidemic myalgia,
diaphragmatic pleurisy,
Bornholm disease |
