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mydriasis

[mi-drahy-uh-sis, mahy-]
noun Medicine/Medical.
  1. excessive dilatation of the pupil of the eye, as the result of disease, drugs, or the like.
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Compare miosis.

Origin of mydriasis

1650–60; < Latin mydriāsis < Greek mydríāsis
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Historical Examples

  • Mydriasis does not always occur, and when it does, is much less than with cocaine.

    Merck's 1899 Manual

    Merck &amp; Co.

  • Visual acuteness on both sides 5/12, the left slightly better than the right; emmetropia in mydriasis by atropine.

  • Mydriasis, mi-drī′a-sis, n. morbid dilatation of the pupil of the eye.

  • At the same time there is a certain amount of mydriasis, but this is less pronounced than that produced by atropine.

British Dictionary definitions for mydriasis

mydriasis

noun
  1. abnormal dilation of the pupil of the eye, produced by drugs, coma, etc
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Word Origin

C17: via Late Latin from Greek; origin obscure
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mydriasis in Medicine

mydriasis

(mĭ-drī′ə-sĭs)
n.
  1. Prolonged abnormal dilation of the pupil of the eye induced by a drug or caused by disease.
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