Polio Synonyms

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An acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. poliomyelitis
  2. infantile paralysis
  3. acute anterior poliomyelitis

Words Related to Polio

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Polio Sentence Examples

  • I replied, "Writing about polio," and he asked, "What is polio?"

  • With a grant from the National Foundation for Infant Paralysis, he went to work on a polio vaccine.

  • There is no specific treatment for polio except symptomatic.

  • After Caesar's victory at the battle of Munda (45), in which he took no actual part, he abandoned Corduba (Cordova), though for a time he held his ground in the south, and defeated Asinius Polio, the governor of the province.

  • Post Polio Muscle atrophy (PPMA) has been used as the label for certain symptoms when they include progressive muscle atrophy.

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