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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or causing myosis, or contraction of the pupil.
  • noun A drug which causes myosis.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Med.) Producing myosis, or contraction of the pupil of the eye, as opium, calabar bean, etc.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective medicine Producing myosis, or contraction of the pupil of the eye.
  • noun medicine An agent that produces myosis.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the eye)
  • adjective of or relating to or causing constriction of the pupil of the eye

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  • Causing contraction of the pupil of the eye.

    December 12, 2013