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Abstract
Pupillary constriction. This may result from congenital absence of the dilatator pupillary muscle, defective sympathetic innervation, or irritation of the CONJUNCTIVA or CORNEA.
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- Constricted Pupil
- Miosis, Persistent
- Pupillary Miosis
- Small Pupil
- Constricted Pupils
- Mioses
- Mioses, Persistent
- Mioses, Pupillary
- Miosis, Pupillary
- Persistent Mioses
- Persistent Miosis
- Pupil, Constricted
- Pupil, Small
- Pupillary Mioses
- Pupils, Constricted
- Pupils, Small
- Small Pupils
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse with MEIOSIS nor with MITOSIS, both cell division concepts
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History Note
1990
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- Pupils (1966-1989)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Miosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015877. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015877
- Miosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miosis
- Miosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q596899