Defn: Of or pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; similar to, or characteristic of, an infant; childish; as, infantile behavior.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
In"fan*tile pa*ral"y*sis. (Med.)
Defn: An acute disease, almost exclusively infantile, characterized by inflammation of the anterior horns of the gray substance of the spinal cord. It is attended with febrile symptoms, motor paralysis, and muscular atrophy, often producing permanent deformities. Called also acute anterior poliomyelitis.
INFANTINE
In"fan*tine, a. Etym: [Cf. F. enfantin.]
Defn: Infantile; childish.
A degree of credulity next infantine. Burke.
INFANTLIKE
In"fant*like`, a.
Defn: Like an infant. Shak.
INFANTLY
In"fant*ly, a.
Defn: Like an infant. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
INFANTRY In"fan*try, n. Etym: [F. infanterie, It. infanteria, fr. infante infant, child, boy servant, foot soldier, fr. L. infans, -antis, child; foot soldiers being formerly the servants and followers of knights. See Infant.]