miotic, a. and n.
(maɪˈɒtɪk)
Also myotic.
[f. miosis: see -otic.]
a. adj. Pertaining to or causing miosis. b. n. An agent which produces miosis.
| 1864 tr. Donder's Anom. Accomm. Eye 621 It is true that all myotic action could not be denied to the agents which were formerly placed in this category. Ibid., The want of an efficient myotic was long felt in ophthalmic surgery. 1887 Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. V. 97/1 Eserine or physostigmine..is the most powerful of myotics. 1892 A. Duane tr. E. Fuchs's Text-bk. Ophthalm. iv. 259 The action of miotics is of shorter duration than that of the mydriatics. 1918 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 29 June 1992/2 There are contradictory opinions expressed on the effect of miotic drugs in cases of incomplete sphincter. 1946 Nature 28 Sept. 432/1 The work..developed to include other problems, such as the mechanism..of lachrymation, of the action of myotics, etc. 1971 Lancet 6 Nov. 1040/2 The use of a miotic..should be regarded as mandatory whatever the mydriatic previously instilled. |