polio

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who has poliomyelitis.

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord

3. 3
   noun

   Abbreviation of poliomyelitis.

4. 4
   name

   A surname from Spanish.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Polio. This surname is mostly found in El Salvador.