- spinal poliomyelitis
- spinal paralytic poliomyelitis the classic form of the major illness, a type of paralytic poliomyelitis affecting the spinal cord and characterized primarily by flaccid paralysis in a limb or limbs.
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spinal poliomyelitis
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