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Preferred term

Miotics  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Effect, Miotic
  • Miotic Effect

Note

  • do not confuse with "mitotic"; note entry term MIOTIC EFFECT: use only for the miotic effect of a chemical substance

Scope note

  • Agents causing contraction of the pupil of the eye. Some sources use the term miotics only for the parasympathomimetics but any drug used to induce miosis is included here.

In other languages

  • miootit

    Finnish

  • miootti
  • mioticum
  • mustuaisia supistava lääkitys
  • mustuaista supistava lääke
  • mustuaista supistavat lääkkeet
  • pupillia supistava lääke
  • pupillia supistava lääkitys
  • pupillia supistavat lääkkeet
  • Miotika

    Swedish

  • Pupillsammandragande effekt

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008916

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