Polio Meaning
/ˈpəʊljəʊ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAbbreviation of poliomyelitis.
nounA person who has poliomyelitis.
Sentence Examples
She was vaccinated against polio.
He was struck with polio when he was five.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The doctor said the outbreak of ____ could be stopped with vaccines to prevent paralysis.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The global vaccination campaign has nearly eradicated ____ from every country in the world.
Word Origin & History
First element of polio(myelitis).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"They don't need social service workers running back and forth every month or two to see if the polios are playing stickball in the street because they never will."
— 1977, United States. Congress. House. Welfare Reform Subcommittee, Administration's Welfare Reform Proposal: Joint Hearings..., page 223:
"The “polios” (as they called themselves) in Warm Springs didn't deny the seriousness of their health issues or the impairments to their physiology. But their most critical struggle, they claimed, involved healing sorely wounded spirits."
— 2008, Cynthia Comacchio, Janet Golden, George Weisz, Healing the World's Children, page 141:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The doctor said the outbreak of ____ could be stopped with vaccines to prevent paralysis.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The global vaccination campaign has nearly eradicated ____ from every country in the world.