poliomyelopathy

Any disease of the gray matter of the spinal cord. [polio- + G. myelon, marrow, + pathos, suffering]

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po·lio·my·elop·a·thy (po″le-o-mi″ə-lopґə-the) [polio- + myelo- + -pathy] any disease primarily affecting the gray matter of the spinal cord.