myosis
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)
Types & categories
- epidemic disease hypernym
Sense 2 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
Types & categories
- reflex hypernym
Related & opposite
- miotic derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | epidemic disease |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | miotic |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | reflex |