myosis - Similar and Opposite Words

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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

Synonyms

• light reflex
• miosis
• myosis
• pupillary reflex

More generic

• inborn reflex
• innate reflex
• instinctive reflex
• physiological reaction
• reflex
• reflex action
• reflex response
• unconditioned reflex

Noun

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

Synonyms

• Bornholm disease
• diaphragmatic pleurisy
• epidemic myalgia
• epidemic pleurodynia
• myosis

More generic

• epidemic disease

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