myosis

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)
• Syn:
epidemic pleurodynia, epidemic myalgia, diaphragmatic pleurisy, Bornholm disease
• Hypernyms:
epidemic disease
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
• Syn:
light reflex, pupillary reflex, miosis
• Derivationally related forms:
myotic, miotic (for: miosis)
• Hypernyms:
reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex,
inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  light reflex, pupillary reflex, miosis, epidemic pleurodynia, epidemic myalgia, diaphragmatic pleurisy, Bornholm disease