Crossword-Solution: MYOSIS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Myosis | n. | Long-continued contraction of the pupil of the eye. |
We have 7 clues for the answer “MYOSIS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Excessive constriction of the pupils | 1 answer |
| MIOSIS | 1 answer |
| Eye ailment: Var. | 2 answers |
| Eye ailment | 3 answers |
| A TUBE WITH A CONSTRICTION | 10 answers |
| CONSTRICTION OF THE PUPIL | 10 answers |
| Constriction of the pupils | 10 answers |
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
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Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with MYOSIS (5)
Myosis produced by means of solutions of various drugs, a myosis followed by reduction of intra-ocular tension.
But complete experimental proof of such action is wanting, and it is probable that myosis follows a direct stimulation of the sphincter muscle fibers, aided, perhaps, by contraction of the iris vessels, although the last named effect is denied by so competent an authority as Hobart Hare.
Etym: [See Myosis.] (Med.) Defn: Producing myosis, or contraction of the pupil of the eye, as opium, calabar bean, etc.
December 31, at the Hôtel-Dieu, he showed myosis, slight photophobia, meningitic tâche, temperature 39.6, pulse 84, heart sounds dull.
Slight wound of occiput: Ophthalmoplegia externa, influencible, however, by tests and replaced by spasmodic convergence of globes with myosis; hysterical stigmata and convulsions.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1971–2005).