miosis
Noun
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reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller
(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
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meiosis
myosis
reduction division
light reflex
pupillary reflex
iris
mitral
pupillary
mydriasis
litotes
stenosis
inborn reflex
innate reflex
cellular division
narrow pupils
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In these severe and infrequent cases, corneal transplantation has been used as a treatment option. citation Miosis may also occur, which is probably the result from the cholinomimetic activity of mustard.