Definition of Acute anterior poliomyelitis

1. Noun. An acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord.

Exact synonyms: Infantile Paralysis, Polio, Poliomyelitis
Generic synonyms: Infectious Disease

Medical Definition of Acute anterior poliomyelitis

1. Inflammation of the anterior cornua of the spinal cord; an acute infectious disease caused by the poliomyelitis virus and marked by fever, pains, and gastroenteric disturbances, followed by a flaccid paralysis of one or more muscular groups, and later by atrophy. Synonym: acute atrophic paralysis, myogenic paralysis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis

acute-angled
acute-angled triangle
acute-angled triangles
acute-phase protein
acute-phase reaction
acute African sleeping sickness
acute abdomen
acute abscess
acute accent
acute accents
acute adrenal crisis
acute adrenocortical insufficiency
acute alcoholism
acute angle
acute angle closure glaucoma
acute anterior poliomyelitis (current term)
acute ascending paralysis
acute ataxia
acute atrophic paralysis
acute bacterial endocarditis
acute brachial radiculitis
acute brain disorder
acute brain syndrome
acute bulbar poliomyelitis
acute catarrhal conjunctivitis
acute cellular rejection
acute chalazion
acute chemical pneumonitis

Literary usage of Acute anterior poliomyelitis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"acute anterior poliomyelitis (Poliomyelitis anterior acuta, Infantile Spinal Paralysis, Spinal Localization of the Heine-Medin Disease, Encephalomyelitis ..."

2. Nervous and mental diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1911)
"... with a decided tendency to bring the various forms into close relationship. acute anterior poliomyelitis. Poliomyelitis anterior acuta, acute spinal ..."

3. A Treatise on Orthopaedic Surgery by Royal Whitman (1919)
"acute anterior poliomyelitis. Anterior poliomyelitis is an acute infectious disease that involves the spinal cord. It is caused by a minute filtrable germ ..."

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