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Myosis

noun
(pl. myoses)
1.
An acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest).  Synonyms: Bornholm disease, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia, epidemic pleurodynia.
2.
Reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller.  Synonyms: light reflex, miosis, pupillary reflex.





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Words linked to "Myosis" :   innate reflex, reflex, light reflex, reflex action, physiological reaction, epidemic disease, inborn reflex, Bornholm disease, unconditioned reflex, myotic, miosis, instinctive reflex, reflex response


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