HyperDic: infantile_paralysis

English > 1 sense of the expression infantile paralysis:
NOUNstateinfantile paralysis, poliomyelitis, polio, acute anterior poliomyelitisan acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord
English > infantile paralysis: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningAn acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord.
Synonymspoliomyelitis, polio, acute anterior poliomyelitis
Broaderinfectious diseaseA disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
Spanishpoliomielitis, polio
Catalanpoliomielitis

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