polio

[ poh-lee-oh ]

/ ˈpoʊ liˌoʊ /

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noun

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Origin of polio

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35; shortened form

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021

How to use polio in a sentence

Last year, a polio outbreak in Deir ez-Zor raised concerns throughout the region about the spread of an epidemic.
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Then Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley, California, made a bad batch of vaccine, and 40,000 children were sickened with polio.
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After she battled polio and learned to walk again, the doctors told her she would be a cripple her entire life.
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Fifty-eight children took part in a trial into polio and diptheria vaccines in December 1960.
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Either way, part of the tragedy and poignancy of polio is its preferential spread to babies and toddlers.
Who’s to Blame for Global Polio Emergency?|Kent Sepkowitz|May 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So far, none of the contagious infections except polio and the common cold had made the jump.
Badge of Infamy|Lester del Rey
Wood up thar, you Polio—hang on to the safety valve—guess she'll crawl off on her paddles.
The Octoroon|Dion Boucicault
Nagtakihud siya tungud sa pulyu, He limps because he had polio.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff
Nalúlid siya kay gitakbúyag pulyu, He was crippled after his bout with polio.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff
She walked with a barely noticeable limp—polio in childhood, Mann recalled from the record.
The Trial of Callista Blake|Edgar Pangborn

British Dictionary definitions for polio

polio

/ (ˈpəʊlɪəʊ) /

noun

short for poliomyelitis

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for polio (1 of 2)

polio

[ pō′lē-ō′ ]

Poliomyelitis.

Medical definitions for polio (2 of 2)

polio-

pref.

Gray:poliosis.

Gray matter:polioclastic.