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Eye ailment
Answer for the clue "Eye ailment ", 6 letters:
myosis
Alternative clues for the word myosis
- An acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)
- Contraction of the pupil - Miss Yo
- Contraction of the pupil — Miss Yo (anag)
- Excessive constriction of the pupils
- Reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller
Word definitions for myosis in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Myosis \My*o"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to close the eyes or lips.] (Med.) Long-continued contraction of the pupil of the eye.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of miosis English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest) [syn: epidemic pleurodynia , epidemic myalgia , diaphragmatic pleurisy , Bornholm disease ] reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the ...