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There is no cure for paralytic poliomyelitis.
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Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022
Eradicating poliomyelitis: India's journey from hyperendemic to polio-free status.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2016
These are frightening times as the coronavirus spreads in ways reminiscent of poliomyelitis.
—Carl Kurlander, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2020
Cases of paralytic poliomyelitis disease plummeted from over 15,000 a year in the early 1950s to under 100 in the 1960s and then down to fewer than 10 in the 1970s.
—Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022
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Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022
Eradicating poliomyelitis: India's journey from hyperendemic to polio-free status.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2016
These are frightening times as the coronavirus spreads in ways reminiscent of poliomyelitis.
—Carl Kurlander, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2020
Cases of paralytic poliomyelitis disease plummeted from over 15,000 a year in the early 1950s to under 100 in the 1960s and then down to fewer than 10 in the 1970s.
—Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022
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“Poliomyelitis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poliomyelitis. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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poliomyelitis
noun
po·lio·my·eli·tis
ˌpō-lē-ˌō-ˌmī-ə-ˈlīt-əs 
: an infectious virus disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells in the spinal cord accompanied by fever and often paralysis and wasting of muscles
called also infantile paralysis
Medical Definition
poliomyelitis
noun
po·lio·my·eli·tis
ˌpō-lē-(ˌ)ō-ˌmī-ə-ˈlīt-əs
plural poliomyelitides
-ˈlit-ə-ˌdēz
: polio
poliomyelitic
adjective
-ˈlit-ik
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