acute anterior poliomyelitis : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: acute anterior poliomyelitis	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for acute anterior poliomyelitis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acute anterior poliomyelitis n an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord Synonym(s): poliomyelitis, polio, infantile paralysis, acute anterior poliomyelitis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infantile paralysis \In"fantile paral"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}.