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polioencephalomyelitis

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polioencephalomyelitis /po·lio·en·ceph·a·lo·my·eli·tis/ (-en-sef″ah-lo-mi″ĕ-li´tis) cerebral poliomyelitis.
po·li·o·en·ceph·a·lo·my·e·li·tis (pl--n-sf-l-m-lts)

polioencephalomyelitis
[pō′lē·ō′ensef′əlōmī′əlī′tis]
Etymology: Gk, polios + enkephalos + myelos, marrow, itis
inflammation of the gray matter of the brain and the spinal cord, caused by infection by a poliovirus.

polioencephalomyelitis [po″le-o-en-sef″ah-lo-mi″ĕ-li´tis]
inflammation of the gray matter of the brain and spinal cord.

polioencephalomyelitis
inflammation of the gray matter of the brain and spinal cord.

feline polioencephalomyelitis
a slowly progressive disease of unknown etiology in cats, including large Felidae; clinical signs include ataxia, paresis and hyperesthesia.


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Similarly, WNV-infected horses displayed multifocal polioencephalomyelitis, with involvement of the ventral and lateral horns of the thoracic and lumbar spinal cord (26,27).
Histologically, a mild-to-moderate nonsuppurative polioencephalomyelitis was present, with consistent involvement of the ventral horns of the thoracic and lumbar spinal cord and of the lower brain stem.
 
 
 
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