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Definition of Myotic
1. Noun. A drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the eye).
2. Adjective. Of or relating to or causing constriction of the pupil of the eye. "A miotic drug"
Definition of Myotic
1. a. Producing myosis, or contraction of the pupil of the eye, as opium, calabar bean, etc.
Definition of Myotic
1. Adjective. (medicine) Producing myosis, or contraction of the pupil of the eye. ¹
2. Noun. (medicine) An agent that produces myosis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Myotic
1. miotic [n -S] - See also: miotic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Myotic
Literary usage of Myotic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Therapeutics, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy: Including the Special by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1909)
"... is a powerful local anesthetic and a myotic when applied to the conjunctiva.
THERAPEUTICS. Strophanthus is undoubtedly a valuable cardiac stimulant, ..."
2. A Handbook of the diseases of the eye and their treatment by Henry Rosborough Swanzy (1892)
"In the myotic treatment of glaucoma, Priestley Smith recommends the combination
of cocaine with the myotic, in such proportions (say, about £ per cent, ..."
3. Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting by American Ophthalmological Society (1876)
"of the parts concerned in that function, as induced by the moderate but systematic
use of the myotic agent, in the belief that the organs thus passively ..."
4. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1881)
"The myotic action of salts of ... and in the manner that the myotic principle
affects only the peripheral terminations of the motores oculi, ..."
5. Therapeutics, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy: Including the Special by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1909)
"... is a powerful local anesthetic and a myotic when applied to the conjunctiva.
THERAPEUTICS. Strophanthus is undoubtedly a valuable cardiac stimulant, ..."
6. A Handbook of the diseases of the eye and their treatment by Henry Rosborough Swanzy (1892)
"In the myotic treatment of glaucoma, Priestley Smith recommends the combination
of cocaine with the myotic, in such proportions (say, about £ per cent, ..."
7. Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting by American Ophthalmological Society (1876)
"of the parts concerned in that function, as induced by the moderate but systematic
use of the myotic agent, in the belief that the organs thus passively ..."
8. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1881)
"The myotic action of salts of ... and in the manner that the myotic principle
affects only the peripheral terminations of the motores oculi, ..."
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