Meaning of INFANTILE PARALYSIS
| Pronunciation: | | 'infun`tIl pu'ralisis
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| | Definition: | | [n] an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord |
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| | Synonyms: | | acute anterior poliomyelitis, polio, poliomyelitis |
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| | See Also: | | infectious disease | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Poliomyelitis is caused by the infection of poliovirus. It can cause paralysis by infecting the motor nerve cells of the medulla and spinal cord. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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