INFANTILE PARALYSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does infantile paralysis mean? 

• INFANTILE PARALYSIS (noun)
  The noun INFANTILE PARALYSIS has 1 sense:

1. an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord

  Familiarity information: INFANTILE PARALYSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFANTILE PARALYSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

acute anterior poliomyelitis; infantile paralysis; polio; poliomyelitis

Hypernyms ("infantile paralysis" is a kind of...):

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)