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Myosis Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -osis

Myosis has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)

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

3

Alternative spelling of miosis

See Also
myotic myositic
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
epidemic disease reflex
Rhyming Words
sis asis ssis osis csis psis isis apsis iasis mysis oasis arsis ensis assis basis lysis tasis sepsis miosis deesis
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