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mydriatic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables
my-dri-at-ic
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to or causing mydriasis (the dilation of the pupil of the eye).

noun

A drug that causes mydriasis.

Etymology

Etymology tree English mydriasis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English mydriatic From mydriasis + -ic.

Inflected Forms

mydriatric (alternative) mydriatics (plural)

Derived Forms

nonmydriatic

Synonyms

mydriatic drug

Questions

What does mydriatic mean?
Pertaining to or causing mydriasis (the dilation of the pupil of the eye).
Where does mydriatic come from?
Etymology tree English mydriasis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English mydriatic From mydriasis + -ic.

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