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Descriptor English: Miosis
Descriptor Spanish: Miosis
Descriptor miosis
Entry term(s) contracción pupilar
miosis pupilar
Scope note: Contracción pupilar. Puede producirse por ausencia congénita del músculo que dilata la pupila, inervación simpática defectuosa, o irritación de la CONJUNTIVA o de la CÓRNEA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Miose
Descriptor French: Myosis
Entry term(s): Constricted Pupil
Constricted Pupils
Mioses
Mioses, Persistent
Mioses, Pupillary
Miosis, Persistent
Miosis, Pupillary
Persistent Mioses
Persistent Miosis
Pupil, Constricted
Pupil, Small
Pupillary Mioses
Pupillary Miosis
Pupils, Constricted
Pupils, Small
Small Pupil
Small Pupils
Tree number(s): C10.597.690.362
C11.710.528
C23.888.592.708.362
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015877
Scope note: Pupillary constriction. This may result from congenital absence of the dilatator pupillary muscle, defective sympathetic innervation, or irritation of the CONJUNCTIVA or CORNEA.
Annotation: do not confuse with MEIOSIS nor with MITOSIS, both cell division concepts
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Pupils (1966-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 1990
History Note: 1990
Related: Miotics MeSH
DeCS ID: 24786
Unique ID: D015877
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/05/25
Revision Date: 1999/12/08
Miosis - Preferred
Concept UI M0024306
Scope note Pupillary constriction. This may result from congenital absence of the dilatator pupillary muscle, defective sympathetic innervation, or irritation of the CONJUNCTIVA or CORNEA.
Preferred term Miosis
Entry term(s) Constricted Pupil
Constricted Pupils
Mioses
Mioses, Persistent
Mioses, Pupillary
Miosis, Persistent
Miosis, Pupillary
Persistent Mioses
Persistent Miosis
Pupil, Constricted
Pupil, Small
Pupillary Mioses
Pupillary Miosis
Pupils, Constricted
Pupils, Small
Small Pupil
Small Pupils



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