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POLIOMYELITIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does poliomyelitis mean?
• POLIOMYELITIS (noun)
The noun POLIOMYELITIS has 1 sense:
1. an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord
Familiarity information: POLIOMYELITIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
acute anterior poliomyelitis; infantile paralysis; polio; poliomyelitis
Hypernyms ("poliomyelitis" is a kind of...):
infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)
Context examples
A unit of potency of poliovirus vaccine used for poliomyelitis prevention.
(D Antigen Unit, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples include encephalitis, poliomyelitis, arachnoiditis, and meningitis.
(Central Nervous System Infectious Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
A vaccine consisting of inactivated poliovirus (IPV) types 1,2 and 3, with active immunizing activity against poliomyelitis.
(Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
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