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Discover LudwigThe phrase "attack of infantile" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to describe a sudden onset of childish behavior or characteristics, but it requires additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "The sudden attack of infantile behavior during the meeting surprised everyone."
Alternatives: "outburst of childishness" or "episode of immaturity."
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They are on intimate terms, and Howe is generally credited with having persuaded Roosevelt to return to political life after his attack of infantile paralysis.
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Another convincing example is the description by Walter Scott of his attack of acute "infantile paralysis" at age 18 months in 1773, which left him with a permanent limp (18).
And the Telegraph accuses the students of "infantile behaviour".
These combined to unload a rash of infantile parables on the land.
Jane Horrocks Lemonn has exactly the right blend of infantile wonderment and crabbed, late-20s solitude.
Their parents, however, covet these priceless memories of infantile freak-outs.
Celebrity cameos are just the kind of infantile escapism that gives daydreaming a bad rap.
This toe-curling admission of infantile sexual curiosity is painfully on-brand.
I live in a world of elderly children, of infantile adults, of Peter Pans with two mortgages and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Reticular infantile hemangioma (RIH) with minimal or arrested growth (MAG) is an underrecognized variant of infantile hemangioma (IH).
Most patients with MDS have epileptic encephalopathies of infantile spasms (West syndrome) [4].
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