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Infantile paralysis

Infantile paralysis Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Infantile paralysis? [n] an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord Synonyms \| Synonyms for Infantile paralysis: acute anterior poliomyelitis \| polio \| poliomyelitis Related Terms \| Find terms related to Infantile paralysis: acute articular rheumatism \| African lethargy \| ague \| alkali disease \| amebiasis \| amebic dysentery \| anthrax \| apoplexy \| Asiatic cholera \| bacillary dysentery \| bastard measles \| black death \| black fever \| blackwater fever \| breakbone fever \| brucellosis \| bubonic plague \| cachectic fever \| catalepsy \| cataplexy \| cerebral rheumatism \| Chagres fever \| chicken pox \| cholera \| cowpox \| dandy fever \| deer fly fever \| dengue \| dengue fever \| diphtheria \| diplegia \| dumdum fever \| dysentery \| elephantiasis \| encephalitis lethargica \| enteric fever \| erysipelas \| famine fever \| five-day fever \| flu \| frambesia \| German measles \| glandular fever \| grippe \| hansenosis \| Haverhill fever \| hemiplegia \| hepatitis \| herpes \| herpes simplex \| herpes zoster \| histoplasmosis \| hookworm \| hydrophobia \| infectious mononucleosis \| inflammatory rheumatism \| influenza \| jail fever \| jungle rot \| kala azar \| kissing disease \| lepra \| leprosy \| leptospirosis \| loa loa \| loaiasis \| lockjaw \| madness \| malaria \| malarial fever \| marsh fever \| measles \| meningitis \| milzbrand \| mumps \| ornithosis \| osteomyelitis \| palsy \| paralysis \| paraplegia \| paratyphoid fever \| paresis \| parotitis \| parrot fever \| pertussis \| pneumonia \| polio \| polyarthritis rheumatism \| ponos \| psittacosis \| rabbit fever \| rabies \| rat-bite fever \| relapsing fever \| rheumatic fever \| rickettsialpox \| ringworm \| rubella \| rubeola \| scarlatina \| scarlet fever \| schistosomiasis \| sensory paralysis \| septic sore throat \| shingles \| sleeping sickness \| sleepy sickness \| smallpox \| snail fever \| splenic fever \| spotted fever \| strep throat \| stroke \| swamp fever \| tetanus \| thrush \| tinea \| trench fever \| trench mouth \| tuberculosis \| tularemia \| typhoid \| typhoid fever \| typhus \| typhus fever \| undulant fever \| vaccinia \| varicella \| variola \| venereal disease \| viral dysentery \| whooping cough \| yaws \| yellow fever \| yellow jack \| zona \| zoster See Also \| infectious disease Infantile paralysis In Webster's Dictionary \In"fantile paral"y*sis\ (Med.) An acute disease, almost exclusively infantile, characterized by inflammation of the anterior horns of the gray substance of the spinal cord. It is attended with febrile symptoms, motor paralysis, and muscular atrophy, often producing permanent deformities. Called also {acute anterior poliomyelitis}.

Infantile paralysis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Infantile paralysis?

[n] an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord

Synonyms | Synonyms for Infantile paralysis: acute anterior poliomyelitis | polio | poliomyelitis

See Also | infectious disease

Infantile paralysis In Webster's Dictionary

\In"fan*tile pa*ral"y*sis\ (Med.)
An acute disease, almost exclusively infantile, characterized
by inflammation of the anterior horns of the gray substance
of the spinal cord. It is attended with febrile symptoms,
motor paralysis, and muscular atrophy, often producing
permanent deformities. Called also {acute anterior
poliomyelitis}.

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