Scrabble & Words with friends points
- miosis is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
- miosis is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
- miosis is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9
Definition of miosis
- reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller (noun)
Synonyms
- light reflex
- myosis
- pupillary reflex
- (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants) (noun)
Synonyms
- meiosis
- reduction division
See definition of miosis in Merriam Webster