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po·li·o
(pō′lē-ō′)n.
See poliomyelitis.
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polio
(ˈpəʊlɪəʊ)n
(Pathology) short for poliomyelitis
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po•li•o
(ˈpoʊ liˌoʊ)n.
poliomyelitis.
[1930–35, Amer.; shortened form]
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po·li·o
(pō′lē-ō′) A contagious disease, caused by a virus, that mainly affects the nerve cells of the spinal cord and brain, often leading to muscle weakness and paralysis. The name is a shortening of poliomyelitis (pō′lē-ō-mī′ə-lī′tĭs).
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polio
- An abbreviation of poliomyelitis, from Greek polios, "gray," and muelos, "marrow," meaning "inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord."See also related terms for inflammation.
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| Noun | 1. |  polio - an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cordinfectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact |
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Translations
شَلَلُ الأَطْفَالشَلَل الأطْفال
obrna
polio
polio
dječja paraliza
gyermekbénulás
mænusótt, lömunarveiki
ポリオ
소아마비
poliomielitas
poliomielīts, bērnu trieka
polio
โรคโปลิโอ
bệnh bại liệt
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
polio
[ˈpəʊliəʊ] n → polio f polio vaccine, polio viruspolio vaccine n → vaccin m contre la poliopolio virus n → virus m de la polioCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
polio
n → Polio f, → Kinderlähmung f; polio vaccine → Impfstoff m → gegen Kinderlähmung; polio victim → Opfer nt → der Kinderlähmung, Polioopfer nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
polio
(ˈpəuliou) (short for poliomyelitis (poulioumaiəˈlaitis) ) noun a disease of the spinal cord often causing paralysis.
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polio
→ شَلَلُ الأَطْفَال obrna polio Polio πολιομυελίτιδα polio polio polio dječja paraliza polio ポリオ 소아마비 polio polio paraliż dziecięcy poliomielite полиомиелит polio โรคโปลิโอ çocuk felci bệnh bại liệt 小儿麻痹症Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009