myosis

1. Conclusion Physostigmine, neostigmine and pilocarpine, when applied locally to the eye in rabbits, could cause myosis and their time-effect relationships were comparable.
   论新斯的明、毒扁豆碱和毛果芸香碱滴眼给药，均能缩小兔眼瞳孔，其时效关系相似。
2. No changes of myosis caused by drug addiction were found in all the cadavers of 3 groups in the examination.
   三组均未检见药物滥用所致的瞳孔缩小改变。

noun

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

   Synonym:    light reflexpupillary reflexmiosis

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

   Synonym:    epidemic pleurodyniaepidemic myalgiadiaphragmatic pleurisyBornholm disease