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miosis

/maɪ'oʊsɪs/

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noun
reflex 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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light reflex myosis pupillary reflex

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physiological reaction unconditioned reflex reflex innate reflex instinctive reflex reflex action reflex response inborn reflex
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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meiosis reduction division

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cellular division cell division

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