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NOUN (2)

1. an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest);
[syn: epidemic pleurodynia, epidemic myalgia, myosis, diaphragmatic pleurisy, Bornholm 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, myosis]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Myosis \My*o"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to close the eyes or lips.] (Med.) Long-continued contraction of the pupil of the eye. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

myosis n 1: an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest) [syn: epidemic pleurodynia, epidemic myalgia, myosis, diaphragmatic pleurisy, Bornholm 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, myosis]