miosis, n.
(mioses)
(mioses)
reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller
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light reflex miosis myosis pupillary reflex
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(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)
<noun.process>
meiosis miosis reduction division
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