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.

mydriasis

/ maɪ-, mɪˈdraɪəsɪs /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mydriasis¹

1650–60; < Latin mydriāsis < Greek mydríāsis

Word History and Origins

Origin of mydriasis¹

C17: via Late Latin from Greek; origin obscure