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myosis

noun

1 myosis

An acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest).

synonyms: Bornholm disease, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia, epidemic pleurodynia.

Polish: nagminne zapalenie mięśni, nagminna pleurodynia, choroba bornholmska

2 myosis

Reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller.

synonyms: light reflex, miosis, pupillary reflex.

Polish: mioza


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