小儿麻痹

polio (poliomyelitis)

small / tiny / few / young

young child / (humble) my son

(coll.) early childhood / baby boy

variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc

child / son

non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final

variant of 麻[ma2] / hemp

surname Ma

generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:縷|缕[lü3] / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb

paralysis / palsy / numbness / to benumb / (fig.) to lull / negligent / apathetic

paralysis / numbness

poliomyelitis / infantile paralysis

poliovirus