Word "MIOSIS" Definitions:
- Part of Speech:
- Noun
- Definition:
- 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, myosis, pupillary reflex
- Part of Speech:
- Noun
- Definition:
- (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
- Synonyms:
- meiosis, reduction division
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