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poliomyelitis

/ˌpɒlɪəʊmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/

poliomyelitis noun: acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.

Noun

poliomyelitis (countable and uncountable, plural poliomyelitides)

  1. Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.

poliomyelitis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic

poliomyelitis in Hindi

infection by the poliovirus
पोलियो poliyo

poliomyelitis in Tamil

பாலியா வடவழற்சி, இளம்பிள்ளை வாதம்

poliomyelitis in Tagalog

infection by the poliovirus
polyo

poliomyelitis in Arabic

infection by the poliovirus
شَلَل الْأَطْفَال šalal al-ʔaṭfāl
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poliomyelitis in Persian
فلج اطفال falaj-e atfâl, پولیو polio

Synonyms of poliomyelitis

Forms of poliomyelitis

pluralpoliomyelitides

Origin of poliomyelitis

Borrowed from German Poliomyelitis, from the Ancient Greek πολιός (poliós, “grey”) + μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) + -ῖτις (-îtis, “-itis”). Compare French poliomyélite.

Words formed from poliomyelitis

Questions about poliomyelitis

What does poliomyelitis mean?
Poliomyelitis means acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.
What is poliomyelitis in Hindi?
Poliomyelitis in Hindi is पोलियो (poliyo). See Poliomyelitis meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is poliomyelitis?
Poliomyelitis is a noun.
How do you pronounce poliomyelitis?
Poliomyelitis is pronounced /ˌpɒlɪəʊmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of poliomyelitis?
The plural of poliomyelitis is poliomyelitides.

Words near poliomyelitis in the dictionary

  1. polioencephalomyelitis
  2. poliomavirus
  3. poliomaviruses
  4. poliomyelitic
  5. poliomyelitides
  6. poliomyelitis
  7. polioplasm
  8. poliopyrite
  9. poliorcetic
  10. poliorcetics
  11. polios

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poliomyelitis (page history and authors); poliomyelitis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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