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pupilla /pu·pil·la/ (pu-pil´ah) [L.] pupil.
pupil (P) [pu´pil] the opening in the center of the iris through which light enters the eye; see also Plate 17. Adie's pupil tonic pupil. Argyll Robertson pupil one that is miotic and responds to accommodation effort, but not to light. fixed pupil a pupil that does not react either to light or on convergence, or in accommodation. Hutchinson's pupil one that is dilated while the other is not. tonic pupil a usually unilateral condition of the eye in which the affected pupil is larger than the other, responds to accommodation and convergence in a slow, delayed fashion, and reacts to light only after prolonged exposure to dark or light; see also adie's syndrome. Called also Adie's pupil.
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