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miotic

Term ID
CHEBI:51068
Synonyms
  • Miotico
  • miotics
Definition
An agent causing contraction of the pupil of the eye. Because the size of the pupil is under the antagonistic control of the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems, drugs affecting either system can cause miosis. Drugs that mimic or potentiate the parasympathetic input to the circular constrictor muscle and drugs that inhibit sympathetic input to the radial dilator muscle tend to contract the pupils.
References
Ontology
ChEBI  ( EBI )
Relationships
is a type of
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Phenotype
Phenotype resulting from miotic
Phenotype where environments contain miotic
Phenotype modified by environments containing miotic
Human Disease / Model Data