eng: miosis

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Meaning
means	(noun) (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants) miosis, reduction division, meiosis
means	(noun) reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller myosis, pupillary reflex, miosis, light reflex