Definition of "myosis" []

• Variant of miosis. (noun)

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• "March 12, 2008 at 12:05 pm oar is dat myosis i be thinkin ob… hmmm sbeen long time sinz microbyolgy"
• "Usually it is taught that because of the myosis the base of the iris wedged in the angle of the anterior chamber is loosened and withdrawn, precisely as a fold in a coat is straightened by a tug on the fabric beneath it."
• "But complete experimental proof of such action is wanting, and it is probable that myosis follows a direct stimulation of the sphincter muscle fibers, aided, perhaps, by contraction of the iris vessels, although the last named effect is denied by so competent an authority as"