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po·li·o·my·e·li·tis
poliomyelitis
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a viral disease that strikes mainly in infancy and can cause paralysis, muscular atrophy, deformities, and damage to the nervous system; infantile paralysis; polio.
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derivation: |
poliomyeletic (adj.) |
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