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polioencephalitis

polioencephalitis noun: any encephalitis that is restricted to the gray matter.

Noun

polioencephalitis

  1. Any encephalitis that is restricted to the gray matter.
    • First of all, in order to distinguish this from two other lesions which have been termed polioencephalitis inferior (progressive bulbar paralysis) and polioencephalitis superior (nuclear ophthalmoplegia), let us speak of this as polioencephalitis corticalis. What proof have we that there is such a...1890, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease - Volume 17, page 320
    • Before dismissing the subject of acute polioencephalitis it is necessary to devote a few paragraphs to the mention of a similar inflammatory process in other parts of the central nervous system.1897, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Twentieth Century Practice: Diseases of the nervous system, page 108

polioencephalitis meaning in Tamil

polioencephalitis in Tamil

பாலியாமூளையழற்சி கார்மூளையழற்சி

Questions about polioencephalitis

What does polioencephalitis mean?
Polioencephalitis means any encephalitis that is restricted to the gray matter.
What is polioencephalitis in Tamil?
Polioencephalitis in Tamil is பாலியாமூளையழற்சி கார்மூளையழற்சி. See Polioencephalitis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is polioencephalitis?
Polioencephalitis is a noun.

Words near polioencephalitis in the dictionary

  1. Polinsky
  2. Polinskys
  3. polio
  4. poliodystrophies
  5. poliodystrophy
  6. polioencephalitis
  7. polioencephalomalacia
  8. polioencephalomyelitis
  9. poliomavirus
  10. poliomaviruses
  11. poliomyelitic

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