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polio

noun

1 polio

An acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord.

synonyms: acute anterior poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis, poliomyelitis.

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Dutch: kinderverlamming, polio, poliomyelitis
Polish: choroba Heinego-Medina, polio, heinemedina, nagminne porażenie dziecięce, H14, wirusowe zapalenie rogów przednich rdzenia kręgowego, ostre nagminne porażenie dziecięce


Moby thesaurus: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, apoplexy, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, black death, black fever, blackwater fever, breakbone fever, brucellosis, bubonic plague ... show more.

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