myosis

Noun
  1. An acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest) (synset 114353745)
    is a type of: epidemic disease - any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people
    same as: bornholm disease, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia, epidemic pleurodynia
  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 (synset 100867486)
    is a type of: inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
    same as: light reflex, miosis, pupillary reflex

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