myosis vs innate reflex

innate reflex vs myosis

myosis and innate reflex both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
myosis	Yes	No	No	No
innate reflex	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

Other hypernyms of myosis include inborn reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex.

myosis (noun)	innate reflex (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
an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)

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