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miosis

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6 lettersPronunciation /maɪˈoʊsɪs/Part of speech nounSorted iimossStarts with MEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller

Word origin

From Ancient Greek μύω (múō, “to close the eyes”) + English -osis.

Used in a sentence

  • Horner's syndrome consists of typically unilateral miosis and eyelid ptosis, and absent forehead sweating.
  • Though some condemn rhetoric as the mother of lies, speaking more than the truth in hyperboles, less in her miosis, otherwise in her metaphors, contrary in her ironies, yet is there excellent use of all these […]

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