Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun miosis

2 senses of miosis

Sense 1
meiosis, miosis, reduction division -- ((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))
       => cell division, cellular division -- (the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells)

Sense 2
light reflex, pupillary reflex, miosis, myosis -- (reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller)
       => reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction -- (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)