- mioses
- 'maɪ'əʊsɪs n. constriction of the pupil (Medicine)
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miosis — also myosis noun (plural mioses; also myoses) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek myein to be closed (of the eyes) + New Latin osis Date: 1807 excessive smallness or contraction of the pupil of the eye … New Collegiate Dictionary
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miosis — /muy oh sis/, n., pl. mioses / seez/. Med. excessive constriction of the pupil of the eye, as a result of drugs, disease, or the like. Also, myosis. Cf. mydriasis. [1810 20; var. of myosis < Gk mý(ein) to shut (the eyes) + osis OSIS] * * * … Universalium
miosis — [mī ō′sis] n. pl. mioses [mī ō′sēz΄] [ModL < Gr myein, to close (< IE base * mu : see MUTE) + OSIS] contraction of the pupil of the eye miotic [mīät′ik] adj., n … English World dictionary
