Definition of "mydriasis" []

• Prolonged abnormal dilatation of the pupil of the eye caused by disease or a drug. (noun)

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• "Today I learned that cats exposed to atropine, or plants containing atropine-like substances, can cause mydriasis that persists for 4 weeks or more, as evidenced by my seemingly possessed cat who may have ingested chili peppers weird cat or petunias."
• "OMS302, one of Omeros' proprietary PharmacoSurgery™ products, is added to standard irrigation solution used during cataract and other lens replacement surgery to maintain intraoperative mydriasis pupil dilation and reduce postoperative pain and inflammation."
• "The co-primary endpoints for these trials - maintenance of intraoperative pupil dilation mydriasis and reduction of postoperative pain - are the same as those achieved in the recently completed 221-patient Phase 2b trial."