About The Word Polio

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Polio

Polio Meaning & Definition
Polio Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Polio?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Polio: acute anterior poliomyelitis | infantile paralysis | poliomyelitis

Related Terms | Find terms related to Polio: acute articular rheumatism | African lethargy | ague | alkali disease | amebiasis | amebic dysentery | anthrax | apoplexy | Asiatic cholera | bacillary dysentery | bastard measles | black death | black fever | blackwater fever | breakbone fever | brucellosis | bubonic plague | cachectic fever | catalepsy | cataplexy | cerebral rheumatism | Chagres fever | chicken pox | cholera | cowpox | dandy fever | deer fly fever | dengue | dengue fever | diphtheria | diplegia | dumdum fever | dysentery | elephantiasis | encephalitis lethargica | enteric fever | erysipelas | famine fever | five-day fever | flu | frambesia | German measles | glandular fever | grippe | hansenosis | Haverhill fever | hemiplegia | hepatitis | herpes | herpes simplex | herpes zoster | histoplasmosis | hookworm | hydrophobia | infantile paralysis | infectious mononucleosis | inflammatory rheumatism | influenza | jail fever | jungle rot | kala azar | kissing disease | lepra | leprosy | leptospirosis | loa loa | loaiasis | lockjaw | madness | malaria | malarial fever | marsh fever | measles | meningitis | milzbrand | mumps | ornithosis | osteomyelitis | palsy | paralysis | paraplegia | paratyphoid fever | paresis | parotitis | parrot fever | pertussis | pneumonia | poliomyelitis | polyarthritis rheumatism | ponos | psittacosis | rabbit fever | rabies | rat-bite fever | relapsing fever | rheumatic fever | rickettsialpox | ringworm | rubella | rubeola | scarlatina | scarlet fever | schistosomiasis | sensory paralysis | septic sore throat | shingles | sleeping sickness | sleepy sickness | smallpox | snail fever | splenic fever | spotted fever | strep throat | stroke | swamp fever | tetanus | thrush | tinea | trench fever | trench mouth | tuberculosis | tularemia | typhoid | typhoid fever | typhus | typhus fever | undulant fever | vaccinia | varicella | variola | venereal disease | viral dysentery | whooping cough | yaws | yellow fever | yellow jack | zona | zoster

See Also | infectious disease

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