miosis - Similar and Opposite Words

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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

• light reflex
• miosis
• myosis
• pupillary reflex

More generic

• inborn reflex
• innate reflex
• instinctive reflex
• physiological reaction
• reflex
• reflex action
• reflex response
• unconditioned reflex

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
• miosis
• reduction division

More generic

• cell division
• cellular division

More specific

• nondisjunction

Related

• anaphase
• cytokinesis
• karyokinesis
• metaphase
• prophase
• segregation
• telophase

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