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Infantile Paralysis

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An acute disease, almost exclusively infantile, characterized by inflammation of the anterior horns of the gray substance of the spinal cord. It is attended with febrile symptoms, motor paralysis, and muscular atrophy, often producing permanent deformities. Called also acute anterior poliomyelitis.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Infantile Paralysis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/infantile-paralysis.html. 1828.
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