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n. Constriction of the pupil of the eye, resulting from a normal response to an increase in light or caused by certain drugs or pathological conditions.

n. Contraction of the pupil of the eye.

n. Diminution.

n. In cytology, the reduction-process in organisms, including mitapsis (or synapsis) and the subsequent heterotypic and homotypic divisions. This process results in reducing to one half the number of chromosomes in the nuclei. Farmer and Moore. Improperly spelled maiosis.

n. Used by error or substitution for myosis.

n. (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)

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

"A lot of new characters and situations to keep up with on Private Practice, as the practices divide like miosis."

mydriasis   

reflex action    reflex response    physiological reaction    instinctive reflex    inborn reflex    reflex    unconditioned reflex    innate reflex   

miotic   

mioses   

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