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infantile paralysis

noun Pathology.
  1. poliomyelitis.

Origin of infantile paralysis

First recorded in 1835–45
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British Dictionary definitions for infantile paralysis

infantile paralysis

noun
  1. a former name for poliomyelitis
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infantile paralysis in Medicine

infantile paralysis

n.
  1. poliomyelitis
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