myosisEnglish

myosis, Bornholm disease, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia, epidemic pleurodynia

Noun

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

English: light reflex, pupillary reflex, miosis, myosis

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

English: epidemic pleurodynia, epidemic myalgia, myosis, diaphragmatic pleurisy, Bornholm disease

Bahasa: miosis

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