Poliomyelitis, commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease which is highly contagious.
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Poliomyelitis
//ˌpɒlɪəʊmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs//
Synonyms for "poliomyelitis" (55 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (27)
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62 translations across 36 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- شَلَل الْأَطْفَال noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Armenian
1 entries- պոլիոմիելիտ noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Bulgarian
1 entries- детски паралич noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Catalan
1 entries- poliomielitis noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 小兒麻痺 /小儿麻痹 noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- 脊髓灰質炎 /脊髓灰质炎 noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Czech
2 entries- dětská obrna noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- poliomyelitida noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Danish
2 entries- børnelammelse noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- polio noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Dutch
3 entries- kinderverlamming noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- polio noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- poliomyelitis noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Esperanto
1 entries- poliomjelito noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Faroese
1 entries- barnalamningur noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Finnish
3 entries- lapsihalvaus noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- polio noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- poliomyeliitti noun (infection by the poliovirus)
French
2 entries- polio noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- poliomyélite noun (infection by the poliovirus)
German
2 entries- Kinderlähmung noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- Poliomyelitis noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Hawaiian
1 entries- poliō noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Hindi
1 entries- पोलियो noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Hungarian
1 entries- gyermekbénulás noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Icelandic
1 entries- mænusótt noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Irish
1 entries- polaimiailíteas noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Italian
2 entries- leucomielite noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- poliomielite noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Japanese
2 entries- ポリオ noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- 急性灰白髄炎 noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Kazakh
1 entries- полиомиелит noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Korean
2 entries- 소아마비 noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- 폴리오 noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Manx
3 entries- anlheiltys lhiannooagh noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- neulheiltys lhiannooagh noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- neulheiltys oikanagh noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Māori
2 entries- mate whakamemeke noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- mate whakarori tamariki noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- barnelammelse noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- polio noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- poliomyelitt noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- barnelamming noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- polio noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- poliomyelitt noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Persian
2 entries- فلج اطفال noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- پولیو noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Polish
4 entries- choroba Heinego-Medina noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- heinemedina noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- polio noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- porażenie dziecięce noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Portuguese
1 entries- poliomielite noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Russian
1 entries- полиомиели́т noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Slovak
1 entries- detská obrna noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Spanish
1 entries- poliomielitis noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Swahili
1 entries- ugonjwa wa kupooza noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Swedish
3 entries- barnförlamning noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- polio noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- poliomyelit noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Tagalog
1 entries- polyo noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Turkish
2 entries- poliomyelit noun (infection by the poliovirus)
- çocuk felci noun (infection by the poliovirus)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Post-polio syndrome refers to a group of latent symptoms of poliomyelitis which typically occur fifteen to thirty years after an initial polio attack.
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