Usually means: Viral disease causing paralysis, preventable.
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  1. polio: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. polio, polio-: Merriam-Webster
  3. polio: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. polio: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. polio: Collins English Dictionary
  6. polio: Vocabulary.com
  7. Polio, polio: Wordnik
  8. polio: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. polio: Wiktionary
  10. polio: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. polio: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. polio: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. polio, polio-: Dictionary.com
  14. polio: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. polio: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Polio (disambiguation), Polio: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. polio: Rhymezone
  18. polio: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  19. polio: FreeDictionary.org
  20. polio: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. polio: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. polio-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

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  1. polio: Encyclopedia

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  1. polio: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Polio: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Johnson Bwby (No longer online)
  5. Polio: Merck Manuals
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  8. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
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  12. polio, polio-: Medical dictionary
  13. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  14. Polio: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  1. polio: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (countable, informal) A person who has poliomyelitis.
noun:  A surname from Spanish.
noun:  (uncountable) Abbreviation of poliomyelitis. [(pathology) Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.]

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