myosis

Noun myosis has 2 senses

• myosis(n = noun.state) bornholm disease, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia, epidemic pleurodynia - an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest);
is a kind of epidemic disease

• myosis(n = noun.act) light reflex, miosis, pupillary reflex - reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller;
is a kind of inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex
Derived form adjective myotic₁