poliomyelitis

/poh-lee-oh-mahy-uh-lahy-tis/US // ˌpoʊ li oʊˌmaɪ əˈlaɪ tɪs //UK // (ˌpəʊlɪəʊˌmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs) //

脊髓灰质炎,小儿麻痹症,小儿麻痺症,小儿麻痹

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Pathology.
- : an acute viral disease, usually affecting children and young adults, caused by any of three polioviruses, characterized by inflammation of the motor neurons of the brain stem and spinal cord, and resulting in a motor paralysis, followed by muscular atrophy and often permanent deformities.

Poliomyelitis almost did him in, but decided instead to simply paralyze his left arm and leg.
The child in the next bed had just become paralyzed by an attack of poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis).
Not once were these investigators again able to transmit the infection of poliomyelitis through Stomoxys.
Soon after this, Kling and Levaditi published their detailed studies on acute anterior poliomyelitis.
In spite of these precautions, all their results were negative, none of the inoculated animals having contracted poliomyelitis.
Attempts to transmit poliomyelitis by means of the stable-fly (Stomoxys calcitrans).