The phrase that means that someone's pupils contract when a bright light is shone into their eyes is "pupils reactive" ... they react to the light. If they don't react to the light, they'd be described as "pupils fixed and dilated."
Miosis is the medical term meaning constriction of the pupil.
The pupil constricts when it becomes smaller.
Mydriasis means dilation of a pupil.
Mydriasis
Dilation of the pupil is known as mydriasis in medical terms. Miosis is the medical term for constriction of the pupil.
medical term for swelling
Asystole means without contraction of the heart. Atony is a term used to denote no normal muscle contraction of the uterus.
Contraction is the medical term meaning the normal shortening or tightening of a muscle.
Hiccough or Hiccup.Singultus is the medical term meaning involuntary contraction of the diaphragm. The lay term is hiccup.
Myotonia means delayed relaxation after a strong contraction.
Contracture or contraction
Angiospasm is sudden contraction of a blood vessel. In contrast, vasoconstriction is the normal process of contraction of a blood vessel.VasoconstrictionAngiospasm
Tetany is the medical term meaning inability to relax the muscles.
Oxytocin.
Pulse
Bronchoconstriction or bronchospasm is the medical term that refers to the contraction of the smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles that tighten and squeeze the airway shut.