miosis

miosis is a 6-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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: myosis

2. noun. (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)

   Synonyms: meiosis

Synonyms

myosis, meiosis

Common word forms

miosises

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