poliomyelitis

See also: Poliomyelitis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Poliomyelitis, from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek πολιός (poliós, “grey”) +‎ μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) +‎ -ῖτις (-îtis, “-itis”). Compare the French poliomyélite.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pŏ'lĭōmīəlīʹtĭs, pō'lĭōmīəlīʹtĭs, IPA^(key): /ˌpɒlɪəʊmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/, /ˈpəʊlɪəʊmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/

Noun

poliomyelitis (countable and uncountable, plural poliomyelitides)

1. (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.

Synonyms

• infantile paralysis, polio

Translations

infection by the poliovirus

• Arabic: شَلَل الْأَطْفَال m (šalal al-ʔaṭfāl)
• Armenian: պոլիոմիելիտ (hy) (poliomielit)
• Catalan: poliomielitis f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小兒麻痺／小儿麻痹 (zh) (xiǎo'ér mábì), 小儿麻痹 (xiǎo'ér mábì), 脊髓灰質炎／脊髓灰质炎 (zh) (jǐsuǐ huīzhìyán), 脊髓灰质炎 (zh) (jǐsuǐ 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, Poliomyelitis (de) f
• Hindi: पोलियो m (poliyo)
• Hungarian: gyermekbénulás (hu)
• Irish: polaimiailíteas m
• Italian: poliomielite (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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)
• Polish: choroba Heinego-Medina (pl) f
• 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

Further reading

• poliomyelitis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia