acute flaccid myelitis
English
noun
Definitions
- A sudden onset illness of children causing loss of muscle tone and reflexes, weakness in arms and legs, which may lead to paralysis. The illness has an indeterminate cause and no known treatment.
Etymology
Compound from English acute + English flaccid + English myelitis.
Origin
English
myelitis
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acutance English
- acute English
- acute-angled English
- acutely English
- acuteness English
- encephalomyelitis English
- flaccid English
- flaccidity English
- flaccidly English
- flaccidness English
- flaccify English
- gravo-acute accent English
- hyperacute English
- meningomyelitis English
- myelitic English
- myelitis English
- myelitogenic English
- neuromyelitis English
- nonacute English
- nonflaccid English
- osteomyelitis English
- postacute English
- preacute English
- radiculomyelitis English
- subacute English
- subflaccid English
- superacute English
- unacute English
- aigu French
- acūte Middle English
- akuta Ido
- acute
- unacute
- flaccid
- acutely
- myelitic
- flaccify
- preacute
- acutance
- myelitis
- nonacute
- subacute
- acuteness
- flaccidly
- postacute
- superacute
- nonflaccid
- subflaccid
- hyperacute
- flaccidity
- flaccidness
- myelitogenic
- acute-angled
- osteomyelitis
- neuromyelitis
- meningomyelitis
- radiculomyelitis
- encephalomyelitis
- gravo-acute accent