Definition of Myosis

  • 1. An acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest) Noun
  • 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 Noun

Morphology of "myosis"

  • myoses

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