poliomyelitis

See also: Poliomyelitis

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received 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)
• Bulgarian: детски паралич m (detski paralič)
• Catalan: poliomielitis f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小兒麻痺／小儿麻痹 (zh) (xiǎo'ér mábì), 脊髓灰質炎／脊髓灰质炎 (zh) (jǐsuǐ huīzhìyán)

• Czech: dětská obrna (cs) f, poliomyelitida f
• Danish: polio c, børnelammelse c
• Dutch: polio (nl) f, kinderverlamming (nl) f, poliomyelitis (nl) f
• Esperanto: poliomjelito
• Faroese: barnalamningur m
• Finnish: polio (fi), lapsihalvaus (fi), poliomyeliitti
• French: poliomyélite (fr) f, hide (fr) pl
• German: Kinderlähmung (de) f, Poliomyelitis (de) f
• Hawaiian: poliō
• Hindi: पोलियो m (poliyo)
• Hungarian: gyermekbénulás (hu)
• Icelandic: mænusótt f
• Irish: polaimiailíteas m
• Italian: poliomielite (it) f, leucomielite f
• Japanese: 急性灰白髄炎 (きゅうせいかいはくずいえん, kyūsei kaihaku zuien), ポリオ (porio)
• Kazakh: полиомиелит (poliomielit)
• Korean: 소아마비 (ko) (soamabi), 폴리오 (pollio)
• Manx: anlheiltys lhiannooagh m, neulheiltys lhiannooagh m, neulheiltys oikanagh m
• Maori: mate whakarori tamariki, mate whakamemeke
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: polio, poliomyelitt (no), barnelammelse

  Nynorsk: polio, poliomyelitt, barnelamming

• Persian: فلج اطفال (fa) (falaj-e atfâl), پولیو (fa) (polio)
• Polish: choroba Heinego-Medina (pl) f, heinemedina (pl) f, polio (pl) n, porażenie dziecięce n
• Portuguese: poliomielite (pt) f
• Russian: полиомиели́т (ru) m (poliomijelít)
• Slovak: detská obrna f
• Spanish: poliomielitis f
• Swahili: ugonjwa wa kupooza (sw)
• Swedish: polio (sv) c, poliomyelit c, barnförlamning (sv) c
• Tagalog: polyo
• Turkish: çocuk felci, poliomyelit

Further reading

• poliomyelitis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia