poliomyelitis

Senso (Inglese)

Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.

sinonimi

acute anterior poliomyelitis

polymyelytis

Heine-Medin disease

Heine-Medn disease

Traduzioni

poliomielitis

çocuk felci

paralysie infantile

شلل الأطفال

paralisia infantil

poliomélite

maladie de Heine-Medin

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˌpɒlɪəʊmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

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

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