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poliomyelitis

/ˌpɒlɪəʊmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables
po-liomyeli-tis
IPA
/ˌpɒlɪəʊmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from German Poliomyelitis, from the Ancient Greek πολιός (poliós, “grey”) + μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) + -ῖτις (-îtis, “-itis”). Compare French poliomyélite.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *pelH-, Poliomyelitis, -

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˌpɒlɪəʊmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

poliomyelitides (plural)

Derived Forms

antipoliomyelitis postpoliomyelitis

Synonyms

infantile paralysis polio acute anterior poliomyelitis

Questions

How do you pronounce poliomyelitis?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɒlɪəʊmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/.
What does poliomyelitis mean?
Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.
Where does poliomyelitis come from?
It is traced to German.

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