MIOTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does miotic mean? 

• MIOTIC (noun)
  The noun MIOTIC has 1 sense:

1. a drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the eye)

  Familiarity information: MIOTIC used as a noun is very rare.

• MIOTIC (adjective)
  The adjective MIOTIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or causing constriction of the pupil of the eye

  Familiarity information: MIOTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIOTIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the eye)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

miotic; miotic drug; myotic; myotic drug

Hypernyms ("miotic" is a kind of...):

drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)

• MIOTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or causing constriction of the pupil of the eye

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

miotic; myotic

Context example:

a miotic drug

Pertainym:

miotic drug (a drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the eye))

Derivation:

miosis (reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller)

 Context examples 

Pilocarpine is used as a miotic and in the treatment of glaucoma.

(Pilocarpine Hydrochloride, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The chloride salt form of methacholine, a direct-acting cholinergic muscarinic agonist with bronchoconstrictive, miotic, vasodilator, and cardiac vagomimetic activity.

(Methacholine Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)