Associations to the word «Poliomyelitis»

Wiktionary

POLIOMYELITIS, noun. (pathology) Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.

Dictionary definition

POLIOMYELITIS, noun. An acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke