小しょう児に麻ま痺ひ

noun

poliomyelitis; polio; infantile paralysis

Medical term for polio, an infectious disease caused by poliovirus. Historically referred to as infantile paralysis. The cross-reference 急性灰白髄炎 is a more specific medical term for acute poliomyelitis.

See also: 急性灰白髄炎

• 小しょう児に麻ま痺ひはワクチンで予よ防ぼうできる病びょう気きです。

  Polio is a disease that can be prevented by vaccination.

• 彼かれは小しょう児に麻ま痺ひの後こう遺い症しょうで足あしが不ふ自じ由ゆうだ。

  He has a leg disability due to the aftereffects of polio.

noun

cerebral palsy

In modern usage, 小児麻痺 often refers to cerebral palsy, especially in the compound 脳性小児麻痺. The term can be ambiguous without context; 脳性麻痺 is more precise for cerebral palsy.

See also: 脳性小児麻痺

• 脳のう性せい小しょう児に麻ま痺ひの子こども向むけのリハビリ施し設せつがある。

  There is a rehabilitation facility for children with cerebral palsy.

• 小しょう児に麻ま痺ひと診しん断だんされたが、実じっ際さいは脳のう性せい麻ま痺ひだった。

  He was diagnosed with infantile paralysis, but it was actually cerebral palsy.