polioencephalitis

polioencephalitis definition - medical

po·li·o·en·ceph·a·li·tis (pōˌlē-ō-ĕn-sĕfˌə-līˈtĭs)

noun
An acute infectious inflammation of the brain's gray matter, either of the cortex or of the central nuclei.

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