MIOSES
A 6-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble.
m 3 i 1 o 1 s 1 e 1 s 1
- Length
- 6
- Scrabble
- 8 pts
- Sorted letters
- eimoss
- Anagrams
- 0
Definition of MIOSES
A form of MIOSIS.
- 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
Synonyms: light reflex, pupillary reflex, myosis
- noun
(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)
Synonyms: meiosis, reduction division
Definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).
Words within MIOSES
38 words can be made from any subset of the letters in MIOSES.