MYDRIATIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mydriatic mean? 

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

1. a drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate; used to aid eye examinations

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYDRIATIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate; used to aid eye examinations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

mydriatic; mydriatic drug

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mydriatic"):

atropine (a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides)