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Synonyms for Myosis (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)):
epidemic pleurodynia, Bornholm disease, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia

WordNet sense 2 (reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller):
miosis, light reflex, pupillary reflex


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