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Definition 2024

poliomyelitis ‎(countable and uncountable, plural poliomyelitides)

(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.

infection by the poliovirus

Arabic: شَلَل الْأَطْفَال m ‎(šalal al-ʾaṭfāl)
Armenian: պոլիոմիելիտ ‎(poliomielit)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 小兒麻痺 (zh), 小儿麻痹 ‎(xiǎo'ér mábì), 脊髓灰質炎 (zh), 脊髓灰质炎 (zh) ‎(jǐzuī huīzhìyán)
Czech: dětská obrna f, poliomyelitida f
Esperanto: poliomjelito
Finnish: polio (fi), lapsihalvaus (fi), poliomyeliitti
French: poliomyélite (fr) f, hide (fr) pl
German: Kinderlähmung (de) f
Irish: polaimiailíteas m
Italian: poliomielite (it) f

Japanese: 急性灰白髄炎 ‎(きゅうせいかいはくずいえん, kyūseikaihakuzuien), ポリオ ‎(porio)
Korean: 소아마비 (ko) ‎(soamabi), 폴리오 ‎(pollio)
Manx: anlheiltys lhiannooagh m, neulheiltys lhiannooagh m, neulheiltys oikanagh m
Maori: mate whakarori tamariki, mate whakamemeke
Persian: فلج اطفال (fa) ‎(falaj-e atfâl), پولیو (fa) ‎(polio)
Portuguese: poliomielite (pt) f
Russian: полиомиели́т (ru) m ‎(poliomijelít)
Slovak: detská obrna f
Spanish: poliomielitis f
Swedish: polio (sv) c, poliomyelit c
Tagalog: polyo
Turkish: çocuk felci, poliomyelit