Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun poliomyelitis

1 sense of poliomyelitis

Sense 1
poliomyelitis, polio, infantile paralysis, acute anterior poliomyelitis -- (an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord)
       => infectious disease -- (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)