poliomyelitis
IPA: poʊɫioʊmˈaɪɪɫˈaɪtʌs
noun
- (pathology) Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.
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Examples of "poliomyelitis" in Sentences
- The same year, there were 36 cases of poliomyelitis.
- The child became physically disabled by poliomyelitis.
- Lang suffered an attack of poliomyelitis in late 1953.
- He was diagnosed at the age of five with Poliomyelitis.
- Poliomyelitis is a disease of the central nervous system.
- In this case, the disease is referred to as poliomyelitis.
- He had been paralyzed by poliomyelitis at the age of fourteen.
- Many cases of poliomyelitis result in only temporary paralysis.
- Lovett and Bennet concluded that the diagnosis was poliomyelitis.
- Lower motor neuron disorders superimposed on the residuals of poliomyelitis.