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miotic, a. and n.|maɪˈɒtɪk| Also myotic. [f. miosis: see -otic.] a. adj. Pertaining to or causing miosis. b. n. An agent which produces miosis.
1864tr. Donder's Anom. Accomm. Eye 621 It is true that all myotic action could not be denied to the agents which were formerly placed in this category. Ibid., The want of an efficient myotic was long felt in ophthalmic surgery. 1887Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. V. 97/1 Eserine or physostigmine..is the most powerful of myotics. 1892A. Duane tr. E. Fuchs's Text-bk. Ophthalm. iv. 259 The action of miotics is of shorter duration than that of the mydriatics. 1918Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 29 June 1992/2 There are contradictory opinions expressed on the effect of miotic drugs in cases of incomplete sphincter. 1946Nature 28 Sept. 432/1 The work..developed to include other problems, such as the mechanism..of lachrymation, of the action of myotics, etc. 1971Lancet 6 Nov. 1040/2 The use of a miotic..should be regarded as mandatory whatever the mydriatic previously instilled. |