小儿麻痹

Traditional form:

小兒麻痺

Pinyin (reading):

xiǎo'érmábì

Definitions:

• polio (poliomyelitis)

Characters:

• 小 - small, tiny, insignificant
• 儿 - son, child
• 麻 - hemp, flax, sesame; numb
• 痹 - numbess, paralysis

Traditional characters:

• 小 - small, tiny, insignificant
• 兒 - son, child
• 麻 - hemp, flax, sesame; numb
• 痺 - numbness, paralysis