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Constriction of the pupil
Answer for the clue "Constriction of the pupil ", 6 letters:
miosis
Alternative clues for the word miosis
- Constriction of the eye's pupil
- The nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
- Reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller
- Excessive pupil constriction
- Constriction of pupils
- Reproductive cell division
Word definitions for miosis in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1819, from Greek myein "to shut (the eyes)" + -osis . Greek myein is perhaps originally "to close the lips," from PIE *meue- "to be silent" (see mute (adj.)). Related: Miotic .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (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) [syn: meiosis , reduction ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Contraction of the pupil of the eye.