Poliomyelitis
11poliomyelitis — Infantile paralysis In fan*tile pa*ral y*sis (Med.) An acute viral disease, affecting almost exclusively infants and young adults, characterized by inflammation of the anterior horns of the gray substance of the spinal cord. It is attended with… …
12poliomyelitis — n. also: polio to contract, develop poliomyelitis * * * [ˌpəʊlɪəʊmaɪə laɪtɪs] develop poliomyelitis to contract …
13poliomyelitis — poliomyelitic /poh lee oh muy euh lit ik/, adj. /poh lee oh muy euh luy tis/, n. Pathol. an acute viral disease, usually affecting children and young adults, caused by any of three polioviruses, characterized by inflammation of the motor neurons… …
14Poliomyelitis — Kinderlähmung; entzündliche Erkrankung des Rückenmarks; Heine Medin Krankheit; Polio * * * Po|lio|my|e|li|tis 〈f.; , ti|den〉 = Kinderlähmung [<grch. polios „grau“ + myelos „Mark“] * * * Po|lio|my|e|li|tis, die; , …itiden [zu griech. poliós =… …
15Poliomyelitis — Polio|mye|li̱tis [zu ↑polio... u. gr. μυελος = Mark] w; , ...iti̱den (in fachspr. Fügungen: ...i̱tides): Entzündung der grauen Rückenmarksubstanz. Polio|mye|li̱tis ante̱rior acu̱ta: = Poliomyelitis epidemica. Polio|mye|li̱tis epi|de̱mica:… …
16poliomyelitis — [[t]po͟ʊlioʊmaɪəla͟ɪtɪs[/t]] N UNCOUNT Poliomyelitis is the same as polio. [MEDICAL] …
17Poliomyelitis eradication — The global eradication of poliomyelitis is a public health effort to eliminate all cases of poliomyelitis (polio) infection. The global effort, begun in 1988 and led by the World Health Organization, UNICEF and The Rotary Foundation, has reduced… …
18Poliomyelitis-Virus — Poliovirus Poliovirus (negativ gefärbte TEM Aufnahme; Balken: 50 nm) Systematik Reich: Viren Ordnung: nicht klas …
19poliomyelitis — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek polios gray + myelos marrow more at fallow, myel Date: 1878 an acute infectious disease caused by the poliovirus and characterized by fever, motor paralysis, and atrophy of skeletal muscles often with… …
20poliomyelitis — (po le o mi e li tis) An acute, contagious viral disease that attacks the central nervous system, injuring or destroying the nerve cells that control the muscles and sometimes causing paralysis; also called polio or infantile paralysis …
