Myosis Definition
myosis
noun
- an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)
- reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller
Words that rhyme with myosis
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