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

2 senses of myosis

Sense 1
epidemic pleurodynia, epidemic myalgia, myosis, diaphragmatic pleurisy, Bornholm disease -- (an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest))
       => epidemic disease -- (any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people)

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)