miosis vs reflex response

reflex response vs miosis

miosis and reflex response both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
miosis	Yes	No	No	No
reflex response	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, reflex response is a hypernym of miosis; that is, reflex response is a word with a broader meaning than miosis:

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
reflex response: an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus

Other hypernyms of miosis include inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, unconditioned reflex.

miosis (noun)	reflex response (noun)
reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller	an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
(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)

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