MIOSIS


Meaning of MIOSIS in English

/muy oh"sis/ , n. , pl. mioses /-seez/ . Med.

excessive constriction of the pupil of the eye, as a result of drugs, disease, or the like.

Also, myosis . Cf. mydriasis .

[ 1810-20; var. of myosis mý ( ein ) to shut (the eyes) + -osis -OSIS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .