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.
Concetti
sinonimi
acute anterior poliomyelitis
polymyelytis
Heine-Medin disease
Heine-Medn disease
Traduzioni
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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