poliomyelitis

詳細解釋：

po.li.o.my.e.li.tis

n.（名詞）
A highly infectious viral disease that chiefly affects children and, in its acute forms, causes inflammation of motor neurons of the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to paralysis, muscular atrophy, and often deformity. Through vaccination, the disease is preventable.Also called infantile paralysis
脊髓灰質炎；小兒麻痹症：一種極具感染性的病毒性疾病，主要影響兒童，而且嚴重時，可導致脊髓和腦幹的運動神經無發炎，從而引起癱瘓、肌肉萎縮、常常還可造成畸形。通過接種疫苗，這種疾病是可以預防的也作 infantile paralysis

來源：
New Latin
現代拉丁語
Greek polios [gray] * see pel-
希臘語 polios [灰色的] *參見 pel-
myelitis
myelitis

【引伸】
po.liomy.elit.ic