mioticadj.n.
/mʌɪˈɒtɪk/, U.S. /maɪˈɑdɪk/ Medicine.
A. adj.
Relating to, causing, or exhibiting miosis.
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mydriatic1853
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1864 W. D. Moore tr. F. C. Donders On Anomalies Accomm. & Refraction of Eye 621 It is true that all myotic action could not be denied to the agents which were formerly placed in this category.
1918 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 29 June 1992/2 There are contradictory opinions expressed on the effect of miotic drugs in cases of incomplete sphincter.
1975 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 3 Nov. 513 In nine cases of phencyclidine hydrochloride poisoning, early signs of overdose included drowsiness, nystagmus, miotic pupils,..and agitation.
1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. lxi. 239 Pupils may be mydriatic or miotic.
B. n.
An agent which produces miosis.
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myositic1863
miotic1864
1864 W. D. Moore tr. F. C. Donders On Anomalies Accomm. & Refraction of Eye 621 The want of an efficient myotic was long felt in ophthalmic surgery.
1887 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. V. 97/1 Eserine or physostigmine..is the most powerful of myotics.
1892 A. Duane tr. E. Fuchs Text-bk. Ophthalmol. iv. 259 The action of miotics is of shorter duration than that of the mydriatics.
1946 Nature 28 Sept. 432/1 The work..developed to include other problems, such as the mechanism..of lachrymation, of the action of myotics, etc.
1996 Ophthalmol. 103 1294 Initially after laser surgery, glaucoma medications were continued, except for a 2-week interruption of miotics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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