"miosis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /maɪˈoʊsɪs/ Forms: mioses [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊsɪs Etymology: From Ancient Greek μύω (múō, “to close the eyes”) + -osis. Etymology templates: {{af|en|μύω|-osis|lang1=grc|t1=to close the eyes}} Ancient Greek μύω (múō, “to close the eyes”) + -osis Head templates: {{en-noun|~|mioses}} miosis (countable and uncountable, plural mioses)
  1. Contraction of the pupil of the eye. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: the pupil of the eye Synonyms: myosis Related terms: miotic Translations (contraction of the pupil of the eye): свиване на зеницата (svivane na zenicata) (Bulgarian), miosi [feminine] (Catalan), miose [feminine] (Galician), μύωση (mýosi) [feminine] (Greek), miosi [feminine] (Italian), miòsi [feminine] (Occitan), miose [feminine] (Portuguese), miosis [feminine] (Spanish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /maɪˈoʊsɪs/ Forms: mioses [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊsɪs Etymology: From Ancient Greek μείωσις (meíōsis). Doublet of meiosis. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|μείωσις}} Ancient Greek μείωσις (meíōsis), {{doublet|en|meiosis}} Doublet of meiosis Head templates: {{en-noun|~|mioses}} miosis (countable and uncountable, plural mioses)
  1. (rhetoric) Litotes; diminution. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric
    Sense id: en-miosis-en-noun-kjQiJnsq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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