polioencephalitisn.
/ˌpəʊlɪəʊɛnˌsɛfəˈlʌɪtᵻs/, /ˌpəʊlɪəʊɛnˌkɛfəˈlʌɪtᵻs/, U.S. /ˈˌpoʊlioʊᵻnˌsɛfəˈlaɪdəs/; see also encephalitis n. Medicine.
Any of various inflammatory diseases of the grey matter of the brain, esp. cerebral poliomyelitis (Wernicke's disease).
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encephalitis1798
polioencephalitis1885
polioencephalopathy1949
1885 London Med. Rec. 16 Feb. 44/1 (heading) Strümpell on acute infantile polio-encephalitis (cerebral paralysis of children).
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II Poliencephalitis, acute localized encephalitis, affecting chiefly the motor region of the cortex.
1911 A. Bruce tr. H. Oppenheimer Text-bk. Nerv. Dis. II. 837 The diagnosis of poliencephalitis..should be made only with great reserve.
1923 J. H. Parsons Dis. Eye (ed. 4) xxix. 554 Acute polio~encephalitis accounts for not infrequent cases of paralytic squint following a febrile attack in young children.
1934 Times Educ. Suppl. 22 Sept. 341/1 Of polioencephalitis there were 88 notifications.
1978 Acta Neuropathologica 43 179 The tick-borne encephalitis belongs to the group of disseminated polioencephalitides with predilection site in the brain stem.
2003 Emerging Infectious Dis. (Nexis) 1 Oct. 1303 Histologically, the dog had a polioencephalitis similar to the wolf's, but much milder.
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ˌpolioencephaˈlitic adj.
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1951 P. N. Meenan Essent. Virus Dis. xvi. 195 There are several varieties [of paralytic poliomyelitis]..of which the commonest are the spinal, polio-encephalitic and bulbar types.
1991 Orthopedics 11 1269 Polioencephalitic damage to enkephalin-producing neurons.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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