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PUPIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pupil" is a kind of...):
aperture (a natural opening in something)
Holonyms ("pupil" is a part of...):
iris (muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye)
Derivation:
pupillary (of or relating to the pupil of the eye)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A young person attending school (up through senior high school)
Synonyms:
pupil; school-age child; schoolchild
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pupil" is a kind of...):
spring chicken; young person; younker; youth (a young person (especially a young man or boy))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pupil"):
boarder (a pupil who lives at school during term time)
day boarder (a schoolchild at a boarding school who has meals at school but sleeps at home)
latchkey child (a school-age child who is home without adult supervision for part of the day (especially after school until a parent returns home from work))
schoolboy (a boy attending school)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("pupil" is a kind of...):
enrollee (a person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pupil"):
Wykehamist (a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Winchester College)
withdrawer (a student who withdraws from the educational institution in which he or she was enrolled)
nonachiever; underachiever; underperformer (a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates)
skipper (a student who fails to attend classes)
sixth-former (a student in the sixth form)
seminarian; seminarist (a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary))
scholar (a student who holds a scholarship)
passer (a student who passes an examination)
overachiever (a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated)
nonreader (a student who is very slow in learning to read)
medical student; medico (a student in medical school)
major (a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject)
law student (a student in law school)
Ivy Leaguer (a student or graduate at an Ivy League school)
Etonian (a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Eton College)
crammer (a student who crams)
college boy; college man; collegian (a student (or former student) at a college or university)
catechumen; neophyte (a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist)
auditor (a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit)
art student (someone studying to be an artist)
Holonyms ("pupil" is a member of...):
teacher-student relation (the academic relation between teachers and their students)
Context examples:
The transparent part of the eye that covers the iris and the pupil and allows light to enter the inside.
(Cornea, NCI Dictionary)
These agents block the action of natural sympathomimetic neurotransmitters (norepinephrine and related substances), and can initiate physiological responses such as vasodilation, bradycardia, and pupil contraction.
(Alpha-adrenergic antagonist, NCI Thesaurus)
The first professor I saw, was in a very large room, with forty pupils about him.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
In this study, 49 primary school pupils were assessed.
(Researchers identify the maximum weight that children should carry in their school backpacks, University of Granada)
Administered as an ophthalmic solution, this drug stimulates the cholinoceptors in the sphincter muscle of the iris, causing the pupil to constrict.
(Acetylcholine Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)
I understand now, what I should never have forgotten, that I am the pupil and you are the master.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
These can include: • A droopy eyelid • Double vision or other changes in vision • Pain above or behind the eye • A dilated pupil • Numbness or weakness on one side of the face or body
(Brain Aneurysm, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
They include strong cravings, sweating, nausea, vomiting, irritation, anxiety, muscle pain, dilated pupils and insomnia.
(Opiate Withdrawal Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Alpha-adrenergic Agonists can initiate physiological responses such as vasoconstriction, pupil dilation, and contraction of pilomotor muscles.
(Alpha-Adrenergic Agonist, NCI Thesaurus)
The ciliary body includes the ring-shaped muscle that changes the size of the pupil and the shape of the lens when the eye focuses.
(Ciliary body, NCI Dictionary)
