What is the meaning of myosis?

An acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest.
- synonyms: epidemic pleurodynia, epidemic myalgia, diaphragmatic pleurisy, Bornholm disease
Reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller.
- synonyms: light reflex, pupillary reflex, miosis

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