slovo | definícia |
polio (encz) | polio,obrna n: Zdeněk Brož |
polio (gcide) | Infantile paralysis \In"fan*tile pa*ral"y*sis\ (Med.)
An acute viral disease, affecting almost exclusively infants
and young adults, characterized by inflammation of the
anterior horns of the gray substance of the spinal cord. It
is attended with febrile symptoms, motor paralysis, and
muscular atrophy, often producing permanent deformities.
Called also acute anterior poliomyelitis, poliomyelitis
and polio. It is caused by any one of three polioviruses,
and by the end of the twentieth century had been almost
completely eradicated in developed countries by a widespread
campaign of immunization.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
polio (wn) | polio
n 1: an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve
cells of the brain stem and spinal cord [syn:
poliomyelitis, polio, infantile paralysis, {acute
anterior poliomyelitis}] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
oral poliovirus vaccine (encz) | oral poliovirus vaccine, n: |
poliomyelitis (encz) | poliomyelitis,dětská obrna n: [med.] Jaroslav Šedivýpoliomyelitis,obrna n: [med.] Zdeněk Brož |
poliosis (encz) | poliosis, n: |
poliovirus (encz) | poliovirus,virus dětské obrny n: [med.] Zdeněk Brož |
poliovirus vaccine (encz) | poliovirus vaccine, n: |
trivalent live oral poliomyelitis vaccine (encz) | trivalent live oral poliomyelitis vaccine, n: |
acute anterior poliomyelitis (gcide) | Infantile paralysis \In"fan*tile pa*ral"y*sis\ (Med.)
An acute viral disease, affecting almost exclusively infants
and young adults, characterized by inflammation of the
anterior horns of the gray substance of the spinal cord. It
is attended with febrile symptoms, motor paralysis, and
muscular atrophy, often producing permanent deformities.
Called also acute anterior poliomyelitis, poliomyelitis
and polio. It is caused by any one of three polioviruses,
and by the end of the twentieth century had been almost
completely eradicated in developed countries by a widespread
campaign of immunization.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
Polioaetus ichthyaetus (gcide) | Sea eagle \Sea" ea"gle\
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of fish-eating eagles
of the genus Haliaeetus and allied genera, as the North
Pacific sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus), which has
white shoulders, head, rump, and tail; the European
white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla); and the
Indian white-tailed sea eagle, or fishing eagle
(Polioaetus ichthyaetus). The bald eagle and the osprey
are also sometimes classed as sea eagles.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) The eagle ray. See under Ray.
[1913 Webster] |
poliomyelitis (gcide) | Infantile paralysis \In"fan*tile pa*ral"y*sis\ (Med.)
An acute viral disease, affecting almost exclusively infants
and young adults, characterized by inflammation of the
anterior horns of the gray substance of the spinal cord. It
is attended with febrile symptoms, motor paralysis, and
muscular atrophy, often producing permanent deformities.
Called also acute anterior poliomyelitis, poliomyelitis
and polio. It is caused by any one of three polioviruses,
and by the end of the twentieth century had been almost
completely eradicated in developed countries by a widespread
campaign of immunization.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
acute anterior poliomyelitis (wn) | acute anterior poliomyelitis
n 1: an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve
cells of the brain stem and spinal cord [syn:
poliomyelitis, polio, infantile paralysis, {acute
anterior poliomyelitis}] |
demetrius poliorcetes (wn) | Demetrius Poliorcetes
n 1: son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia; he and his
father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC)
[syn: Demetrius, Demetrius I, Demetrius Poliorcetes] |
genus polioptila (wn) | genus Polioptila
n 1: New World gnatcatchers [syn: Polioptila, {genus
Polioptila}] |
oral poliovirus vaccine (wn) | oral poliovirus vaccine
n 1: an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus)
that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis [syn:
Sabin vaccine, oral poliovirus vaccine, OPV,
trivalent live oral poliomyelitis vaccine, TOPV] |
poliomyelitis (wn) | poliomyelitis
n 1: an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve
cells of the brain stem and spinal cord [syn:
poliomyelitis, polio, infantile paralysis, {acute
anterior poliomyelitis}] |
polioptila (wn) | Polioptila
n 1: New World gnatcatchers [syn: Polioptila, {genus
Polioptila}] |
poliosis (wn) | poliosis
n 1: loss of color from the hair |
poliovirus (wn) | poliovirus
n 1: the virus causing poliomyelitis |
poliovirus vaccine (wn) | poliovirus vaccine
n 1: vaccine prepared from poliovirus to provide immunity to
poliomyelitis |
trivalent live oral poliomyelitis vaccine (wn) | trivalent live oral poliomyelitis vaccine
n 1: an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus)
that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis [syn:
Sabin vaccine, oral poliovirus vaccine, OPV,
trivalent live oral poliomyelitis vaccine, TOPV] |
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