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Polio   /pˈoʊliˌoʊ/   Listen
Polio

noun
1.
An acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord.  Synonyms: acute anterior poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis, poliomyelitis.






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"Polio" Quotes from Famous Books



... more about our neighbors while we killed the beer. The Ponds were permanent residents. The kid—his name was Joey and he was ten—was a polio case who hadn't walked for over a year, and his mother was a waitress at a roadside joint named the Sea Shell Diner. There wasn't any Mr. Pond. I guessed there never had been, which would explain why Ethel ...
— To Remember Charlie By • Roger Dee

... that polio," she told Essie, knowing all the time that she was almost well now and needed plenty of rest and careful doses of exercise. "It makes ...
— Moment of Truth • Basil Eugene Wells



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