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Constriction of the eye's pupil
Answer for the clue "Constriction of the eye's pupil ", 6 letters:
miosis
Alternative clues for the word miosis
- Reproductive cell division
- Constriction of the pupil
- The nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
- Constriction of pupils
- Excessive pupil constriction
- (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms
- Excessive contraction of the pupil
Word definitions for miosis in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Contraction of the pupil of the eye.
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 ...