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polio

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po·li·o  (pl-)
n.
Poliomyelitis.

polio [ˈpəʊlɪəʊ]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) short for poliomyelitis

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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Noun1.polio - an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cordpolio - an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord
infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
Translations
polio [ˈpəʊlɪəʊ] Npoliomielitis f, polio f

polio [ˈpəʊliəʊ] npolio f polio vaccine, polio virus
polio vaccine nvaccin m contre la polio
polio virus nvirus m de la polio

polio
nPolio f, → Kinderlähmung f; polio vaccineImpfstoff mgegen Kinderlähmung; polio victimOpfer ntder Kinderlähmung, Polioopfer nt

polio [ˈpəʊlɪəʊ] npolio f
polio victim → vittima m/f della polio

polio
n polio [ˈpəuliou]
a disease of the spinal cord often causing paralysis. polio شَلَل الأطْفال паралич obrna polio spirale Kinderlähmung πολιομυελίτιδα (συντομογρ.) polio lastehalvatus فلج اطفال polio polio פוֹליוֹ पोलियो रोग dječja paraliza gyermekbénulás polio mænusótt, lömunarveiki polio, poliomielite 小児まひ 척수성 소아마비 poliomielitas poliomielīts, bērnu trieka polio kinderverlamming polio (choroba) Heine-Medina pólio polio­mielită полиомиелит obrna otroška paraliza dečja paraliza polio โรคโปลิโอ çocuk felci 麻痺症 поліомієліт پوليو، فالج bệnh bại liệt 痹症

polio شلل أطفال obrna polio Polio πολιομυελίτιδα polio polio polio polio polio ポリオ 소아마비 polio polio paraliż dziecięcy poliomielite полиомиелит polio โรคโปลิโอ çocuk felci bệnh bại liệt 小儿麻痹症


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PESHAWAR, November 15, 2009 (Balochistan Times): A two-day polio eradication campaign starts on Sunday, launched by the City Traffic Police in collaboration with the UNICEF.
ISLAMABAD, November 12, 2009 (Frontier Star): Polio campaign is going to start from November 16 and arrangements to administer polio drops to ninety thousand, seven hundred and thirty eight children in rural areas of Islamabad have been completed.
A NORTH WALES politician has agreed to help identify any possible sources of funding to help sufferers of Post Polio Syndrome.
 
 
 
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