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poliomyelitis(dictionary)
Poliomyelitis(health)
poliomyelitis(medicine)
Poliomyelitis virus(medicine)
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poliomyelitis immunoglobulin(medicine)
poliomyelitis immune globulin(medicine)

poliomyelitis (iou)



poliomyelitis noun. L19.
[mod. Latin, from Greek polios grey + muelos marrow + -ITIS.]
Medicine. An infectious viral disease of the central nervous system which may give rise to lymphocytic meningitis or a permanent and sometimes fatal paralysis. Also called polio, (in children) infantile paralysis.
poliomyelitic adjective of or affected with poliomyelitis E20.