poliomielitis
Spanish, noun/poljomjeˈlitis/
poliomielitis is spelled P-O-L-I-O-M-I-E-L-I-T-I-S (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 51,418th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poliomielitis is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “poliomyelitis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enfermedad causada por el poliovirus que produce la lesión de las astas anteriores o motoras de la médula, lo…”.
What does poliomielitis mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepoliomyelitis
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enfermedad causada por el poliovirus que produce la lesión de las astas anteriores o motoras de la médula, lo que desemboca en la atrofia y la parálisis de los músculos correspondientes a las lesiones medulares. Se da principalmente en niños y se transmite por secreciones respiratorias o por la ruta fecal oral.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce poliomielitis?
- /poljomjeˈlitis/
- [po.ljo.mjeˈli.t̪is]
- [poljomjeˈlit̪is]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poliomielitis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poliomielitis in Spanish?
poliomielitis appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).