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mydriasis (iou) and lung abscess (medicine)


mydriasis (iou)



mydriasis noun. E19.
[Latin from Greek mudriasis: see -IASIS.]
Ophthalmology. Excessive dilatation of the pupil of the eye.
mydriatic adjective & noun (a) adjective of, pertaining to, or causing mydriasis; (b) noun a drug that causes mydriasis: M19.

lung abscess (medicine)


lung abscess


A collection of pus within a cavity in the lung due to a bacterial infection (bacterial endocarditis). Certain bacteria (Staphylococcus, Pseudomonas, Tuberculosis, Klebsiella) are more likely to cavitate the lung and cause abscess formation.