Miotics
"Miotics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Agents causing contraction of the pupil of the eye. Some sources use the term miotics only for the parasympathomimetics but any drug used to induce miosis is included here.
| Descriptor ID |
D008916
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.696.663.050.495
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| Concept/Terms |
Miotic Effect- Miotic Effect
- Effect, Miotic
- Miotic Effects
- Effects, Miotic
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Werner M, Bhatti MT, Vaishnav H, Pincus DW, Eskin T, Yachnis AT. Isolated anisocoria from an endodermal cyst of the third cranial nerve mimicking an Adie's tonic pupil. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2005 May-Jun; 42(3):176-9.