p 3 o 1 l 1 i 1 o 1 m 3 y 4 e 1 l 1 i 1 t 1 i 1 s 1
13 letters · 20 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord
originBorrowed from German Poliomyelitis, from the Ancient Greek πολιός (poliós, “grey”) + μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) + -ῖτις (-îtis, “-itis”). Compare French poliomyélite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
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- impolitely 17
- toilsomely 15
- peyotism 15
- polysome 15
- ileostomy 14
- employs 14
- emptily 14
- impiety 14
- limpsey 14
- mistype 14
- myopies 14