polioencephalitis /po·lio·en·ceph·a·li·tis/ (-en-sef″ah-li´tis) inflammatory disease of the gray matter of the brain.
polioencephalitis
inferior polioencephalitis progressive bulbar palsy.
po·li·o·en·ceph·a·li·tis (p  l -- n-sf -l  t s)n. An acute infectious inflammation of the brain's gray matter, either of the cortex or of the central nuclei. |
polioencephalitis
[pō′lē·ō′ensef′əlī′tis]
Etymology: Gk, polios, gray, enkephalos, brain, itis
an inflammation of the gray matter of the brain caused by infection of the brain by a poliovirus.
polioencephalitis
inflammatory disease of the gray matter of the brain.
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