mydriatic

[ mid-ree-at-ik ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or producing mydriasis.

noun

1. a mydriatic drug.

mydriatic

/ ˌmɪdrɪˈætɪk /

adjective

1. relating to or causing mydriasis

noun

1. a mydriatic drug

Word History and Origins

Origin of mydriatic¹

First recorded in 1850–55; mydria(sis) + -tic

Example Sentences

If a case of iritis be left to itself or treated without the use of a mydriatic, posterior synechiae almost invariably form.

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If you happen to remember your botany, you’ll recall that its longer name is Datura stramonium—and it’s a strong mydriatic.

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They are all, like atropine, mydriatic alkaloids, so-called from the effect on the eye.

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The thing puzzled me until I recalled that the Latin name of jimson weed is Datura stramonium; then, in a flash, it came to me that stramonium is a powerful mydriatic.

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It may be explained for the sake of our student readers that the word mydriatic is derived from the Greek mudriasis, which means paralysis of the pupil.

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