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Definition of Miotics
1. miotic [n] - See also: miotic
Medical Definition of Miotics
1. Agents causing contraction of the pupil of the eye. Because the size of the pupil is under the antagonistic control of the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems, drugs affecting either system can cause miosis. Drugs that mimic or potentiate the parasympathetic input to the circular constrictor muscle and drugs that inhibit sympathetic input to the radial dilator muscle tend to contract the pupils. Some sources use the term miotics only for the parasympathomimetic but any drug used to induce miosis is included here. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miotics
Literary usage of Miotics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Papers to be Presented Before the Section on Ophthalmology of the American by Section on Ophthalmology, American Medical Association, American Medical Association Section on Ophthalmology (1914)
"THE VALUE OF miotics IN CHRONIC GLAUCOMA * WILLIAM CAMPBELL POSEY, MD PHILADELPHIA
I have already treated of this subject before the Section on two previous ..."
2. Therapeutics by Armand Darier (1912)
"miotics. Mydriatics and Cycloplegics. Atropin has been known since 1833.
When dropped into the conjunctival sac it penetrates through the coats of the eye ..."
3. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1920)
"Reference is made to the value of employing miotics as a preventive, ... In all
cases where tension is above 25 (Schiotz) miotics are resorted to in an ..."
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