polioencephalomyelitis


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polioencephalomyelitis

[¦pō·lē·ō·in¦sef·ə·lō‚mī·ə′līd·əs]
(medicine)
A disease in which both the gray matter of the brain and the spinal cord are inflamed.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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