Inflammation of the anterior cornua of the spinal cord; an acute infectious disease caused by the poliomyelitis virus and marked by fever, pains, and gastroenteric disturbances, followed by a flaccid paralysis of one or more muscular groups, and later by atrophy. ... Synonym: acute atrophic paralysis, myogenic paralysis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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the major illness of poliomyelitis; see poliomyelitis.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a disease that results in death or irreversible damage of motor cells in the cerebrum, brainstem, and spinal cord, caused by infection with small RNA enteroviruses of the Picornaviridae group; formerly due almost solely to one of three types of polio virus, but now more often caused by coxsackieviruses types A and B, or e...
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poliomyelitis.
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