My·o'sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... to close the eyes or lips.] (Medicine) Long-continued contraction of the pupil of the eye. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/124
miosis, myosis 1. In medicine, the period in the course of a disease when the symptoms begin to diminish. 2. A contraction of the pupil of the eye; such as, a contraction caused by a reaction to a drug. 3. Constriction of the pupil of the eye, resulting from a normal response to an increase in light or caused by certain drugs or pathological cond... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1315/2