infantile paralysis

1. 1.

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

   Synonymspoliomyelitispolioacute anterior poliomyelitis

   Broaderinfectious disease

Questions about infantile paralysis

What does infantile paralysis mean?

infantile paralysis means "an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord".

What is another word for infantile paralysis?

Close synonyms include poliomyelitis, polio, acute anterior poliomyelitis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is infantile paralysis a common word?

infantile paralysis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.