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Poliomyelitis

//ˌpɒlɪəʊmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from German Poliomyelitis, from the Ancient Greek πολιός (poliós, “grey”) + μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) + -ῖτις (-îtis, “-itis”). Compare French poliomyélite.

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