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polio colloq.|ˈpəʊlɪəʊ|
[Abbrev. of poliomyelitis.]
1. Poliomyelitis, esp. the paralytic form. Freq. attrib.
1931Survey 15 Oct. 93/1 (heading) Panic and polio. 1934Ladies' Home Jrnl. Feb. 10/1 How did the polio fighter..come to catch it? 1940Time 2 Sept. 37/2 (heading) Polio scare. 1949New Harmony (Indiana) Times 5 Aug. 1/5 New Harmony was doused..by a spraying plane..as a precautionary measure against polio. 1955G. Greene Quiet American iv. ii. 241 My son's got polio. He's bad. 1955Sci. News Let. 23 July 51/1 Children are the principal carriers of polio, and if enough children are immunized, it would probably not be necessary to vaccinate the adults in order to stamp out the disease. 1962Observer 11 Mar. 8/4 Last year I had a play..out on tour... There was a polio scare in Hull, and the star didn't want to play. 1977Daily Tel. 9 Mar. 8/4 Doctors have cleared two girl polio suspects in Greater Manchester.
2. A person who has, or has had, polio. rare.
1934Ladies' Home Jrnl. Feb. 107/1 Health departments of cities and states poured out money to buy serum from recovered polios to try to cure already sick babies. 1962Guardian 26 Sept. 8/5 ‘Polio’,..a person who has been paralysed by polio. |