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Infantile paralysis   /ˈɪnfəntɪl pərˈæləsəs/   Listen
Infantile paralysis

noun
1.
An acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord.  Synonyms: acute anterior poliomyelitis, polio, poliomyelitis.






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"Infantile paralysis" Quotes from Famous Books



... 11th. But sad news awaited them upon the dock. About two months previously their youngest son, Frank, had been married to Miss Katherine Sefton, of Auburn, N.Y., and the young couple had settled down in Garden City, Long Island. That was the summer when the epidemic of infantile paralysis swept over the larger part of the United States. The young bride was stricken; the case was unusually rapid and unusually severe; at the moment of the Pages' arrival, they were informed that there was practically no hope; and Mrs. Frank Page ...
— The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II • Burton J. Hendrick



Words linked to "Infantile paralysis" :   acute anterior poliomyelitis, infectious disease, polio



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