mydriasis

mydriasis
/mi druy"euh sis, muy-/, n. Med.
excessive dilatation of the pupil of the eye, as the result of disease, drugs, or the like. Cf. miosis.
[1650-60; < L mydriasis < Gk mydríasis]

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