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Definition of Mydriatic drug
1. Noun. A drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate; used to aid eye examinations.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mydriatic Drug
Literary usage of Mydriatic drug
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.), National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, National Conference of Social Work (U.S.) (1892)
"... and perhaps cathartics, are combined with some narcotic or mydriatic drug,
probably atropine. As to the presence of gold a doubt seems to exist, ..."
2. Therapeutics by Horatio Charles Wood (1900)
"The alkaloid hyoscine is a practical hypnotic : it belongs, therefore, to the
present family ; so that, although it is derived from a mydriatic drug and is ..."
3. Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction, at the by Session (1892)
"... and perhaps cathartics, are combined with some narcotic or mydriatic drug,
probably atropine. As to the presence of gold a doubt seems to exist, ..."
4. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1893)
"... combined with some narcotic or mydriatic drug, probably atropine, together
with the powerful influence, mental, with which the patient is surrounded. ..."
5. Medical Ethics: A Guide to Professional Conduct by Robert Saundby (1907)
"As errors of refraction cannot be properly corrected without the use of some
mydriatic drug like atropine, and as this would be unsafe in the hands of ..."
6. Personal Health: A Doctor Book for Discriminating People by William Brady (1916)
"Now, as a general rule, in order to make such an examination, it is necessary to
dilate the pupil temporarily by means of a mydriatic drug. ..."
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