Diseases

Miosis

Pupillary constriction. This may result from congenital absence of the dilatator pupillary muscle, defective sympathetic innervation, or irritation of the CONJUNCTIVA or CORNEA.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Pupillary constriction. This may result from congenital absence of the dilatator pupillary muscle, defective sympathetic innervation, or irritation of the CONJUNCTIVA or CORNEA.

MeSH Record

Classification

Broader headings

Narrower headings

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

See Also

MeSH Record

Synonyms

17 entry terms
  • Constricted Pupil
  • Miosis, Persistent
  • Pupillary Miosis
  • Small Pupil
  • Constricted Pupils
  • Mioses
  • Mioses, Persistent
  • Mioses, Pupillary
  • Miosis, Pupillary
  • Persistent Mioses
  • Persistent Miosis
  • Pupil, Constricted
  • Pupil, Small
  • Pupillary Mioses
  • Pupils, Constricted
  • Pupils, Small
  • Small Pupils

MeSH Record

Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

MeSH Record

Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with MEIOSIS nor with MITOSIS, both cell division concepts

MeSH Record

History Note

1990

MeSH Record

Previous Indexing

  • Pupils (1966-1989)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Miosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015877. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015877
  2. Miosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miosis
  3. Miosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q596899