mydriasis

American  

[mi-drahy-uh-sis, mahy-] / mɪˈdraɪ ə sɪs, maɪ- /

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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mydriasis British  

/ maɪ-, mɪˈdraɪəsɪs /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of mydriasis

1650–60; < Latin mydriāsis < Greek mydríāsis

Example Sentences

It reverses mydriasis, such as is caused by phenylephrine, and can be administered after an eye exam.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

In mydriasis by atropine hypermetropia of 3 to 4 dioptres results.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.

Finally it must be added, that if the ophthalmoscopic estimation of refraction is to be exact, mydriasis by atropine is required, when, as is known, even emmetropic eyes may show a slight degree of hypermetropia.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.

The mydriasis, amblyopia, and neuralgia lasted some time, while simultaneously the left eye could only read 19-17 type, but was painless.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.

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

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.