polio
po·lio
polio · polios
полиомиелит
Kinderlähmung, Poliomyelitis
A person who has poliomyelitisA person who has poliomyelitis.
UK/ˈpəʊljəʊ/US/ˈpoʊlioʊ/
» Thank goodness that polio has been eradicated.
Gottseidank ist Polio ausgerottet worden.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, informal)A person who has poliomyelitis.
More definitions
- an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord
Examples
10 sentencesThank goodness that polio has been eradicated.
deGottseidank ist Polio ausgerottet worden.
It is important to immunize children against polio.
ruВажно делать детям прививку от полиомиелита.
deEs ist wichtig, Kinder gegen Polio zu impfen.
He was struck with polio when he was five.
Tom's grandmother and daughter both were paralyzed by polio.
Having autism is much better than dying of polio or measles.
Origin
First element of polio(myelitis).First element of polio(myelitis).
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Forms
plural: poliosSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord:poliomyelitisinfantile paralysisacute anterior poliomyelitis
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable