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Definition of Polio
1. Noun. An acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord.
Generic synonyms: Infectious Disease
Definition of Polio
1. Noun. Abbreviation of poliomyelitis ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polio
1. an infectious virus disease [n -LIOS]
Medical Definition of Polio
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Polio
Literary usage of Polio
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The ABCs of Safe & Healthy Child Care: A Handbook for Child Care Providers by Cynthia M. Hale, Jacqueline A. Polder (2000)
"polio in the Child Care Setting polio is caused by the poliovirus. ... polio attacks
the nervous system and can cause paralysis in legs or other parts of ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1902)
"On December 22d or 23d, a few days alter the negotiations for the Mann lease had
fallen through, the plaintiff again approached Gould & polio on the subject ..."
3. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"For the first few months he stuck to his first love, the influenza virus ; but
soon he decided to "look into this polio problem to see what it was about ..."
4. Repressive Legislation of the Republic of South Africa by Elizabeth S. Landis, United Nations Unit on Apartheid (1898)
"An acute polio-myelitis in adults, the exact counterpart of the disease in ...
Recovery in a case of extensive multiple paralysis from polio-myelitis will ..."
5. Clinical Lectures on Diseases of the Heart and Aorta by George William Balfour (1882)
"... AND ACUTE ANTERIOR polio-MYELITIS IN ADULTS I PROPOSE in my lecture to-day to
bring under your notice some cases of acute atrophic paralysis occurring ..."
6. Elements of Practical Medicine by Alfred Henry Carter (1888)
""^ANTERIOR polio-MYELITIS? THIS somewhat unwieldly term literally means ...
ACUTE ANTERIOR polio-MYELITIS. t^ Acute anterior polio-myelitis is an acute form ..."
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