Wasting of the gray matter of the nervous system. ... Synonym: poliodystrophia. ... Origin: polio-+ G. Dys-, bad, + trophe, nourishment ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(po″le-o-dis´trә-fe) atrophy of the cerebral gray matter.
Type: Term Pronunciation: pō′lē-ō-dis′trō-fē Definitions: 1. Wasting of the gray matter of the nervous system. Synonyms: poliodystrophia
poliodystrophy 1. Wasting of the gray matter of the nervous system. 2. Any degenerative disease of gray matter in the central nervous system.