PUPILLARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pupillary mean? 

• PUPILLARY (adjective)
  The adjective PUPILLARY has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the pupil of the eye

  Familiarity information: PUPILLARY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUPILLARY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the pupil of the eye

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

pupil (the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot)

Derivation:

pupil (the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot)

 Context examples 

Optic nerve neoplasms tend to cause unilateral visual loss and an afferent pupillary defect and may spread via neural pathways to the brain.

(Optic Nerve Neoplasm, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Clinical signs include limitation of upward gaze, light-near dissociation of the pupillary response, eyelid retraction (Collier's sign) and convergence-retraction nystagmus.

(Parinaud Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It also sends parasympathetic efferents (via the ciliary ganglion) to the muscles controlling pupillary constriction and accommodation.

(Oculomotor Nerve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Pathologic features include degeneration of the ciliary ganglion and postganglionic parasympathetic fibers that innervate the pupillary constrictor muscle.

(Holmes-Adie Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The clonic phase features rhythmic flexor contractions of the trunk and limbs, pupillary dilation, elevations of blood pressure and pulse, urinary incontinence, and tongue biting.

(Grand Mal Epilepsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The affected pupil will respond more briskly to accommodation than to light (light-near dissociation) and is supersensitive to dilute pilocarpine eye drops, which induce pupillary constriction.

(Holmes-Adie Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)