US /ˈpoʊlioʊ/ UK /ˈpəʊljəʊ/
noun name Freq #20078

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A serious infectious disease, mainly affecting children, that can damage the nerves and cause paralysis.

    Vaccines have almost wiped out polio around the world.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a serious infectious... poliomyelitis
Word family
Forms polios
Derived forms antipoliodptnonpoliopostpolio

Etymology

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

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