What is "myoses"

n. (plural of myosis English)

1. 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]

2. reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller [syn: light reflex, pupillary reflex, miosis]

3. [also: myoses (pl)]

See myosis