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nounreflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller
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noun(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)
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Definition that contains miosis
- miotic drug a drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the eye)
- myotic drug a drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the eye)
- miotic a drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the eye)
- myotic a drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the eye)