post-polio syndrome
Americannoun
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In her early 40s, Lane was diagnosed with post-polio syndrome, which afflicts between 25% and 40% of childhood polio survivors.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024
People can develop post-polio syndrome decades after infection.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2022
I am an architect whose wife’s career as a Fairfax County kindergarten teacher ended because of post-polio syndrome.
From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2021
Decades after they had polio, survivors like Hovemeyer have developed post-polio sequelae, or post-polio syndrome, and are experiencing pain and fear once again.
From Washington Times • Jun. 25, 2016
Sometimes I play chess with one of my colleagues, an anchorite like myself, who suffers from post-polio syndrome.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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