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Occurs in response to a decrease in light or certain drugs
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mydriasis
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n. (context medicine English) The condition of having abnormally large and dilated pupils due to disease or drugs, particularly stimulants such as (meth)amphetamines, cocaine, etc.
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Mydriasis is the dilation of the pupil , usually defined as when having a non-physiological cause,Mydriasis in Farlex medical dictionary. In turn citing: The American Heritage Medical Dictionary (2007) Mosby's Dental Dictionary, 2nd edition. but sometimes ...
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n. reflex pupillary dilation as a muscle pulls the iris outward; occurs in response to a decrease in light or certain drugs
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Mydriasis \My*dri"a*sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Physiol. & Med.) A long-continued or excessive dilatation of the pupil of the eye.
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Then in the same article it was written that usually mydriasis, or enlargement, of the pupils was seen.