miotic

or my·ot·ic

[ mahy-ot-ik ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or producing miosis.

noun

1. a miotic drug.

Word History and Origins

Origin of miotic¹

First recorded in 1860–65; mio(sis) + -tic

Example Sentences

At the end, we were able to see an entire centrosome in a miotic HeLa cell.

From Scientific American