polio
Syllables: po·lioUK/ˈpəʊljəʊ//ˈpoʊlioʊ/
polio noun: a person who has poliomyelitis. Also the abbreviation of poliomyelitis.
Noun
polio (countable and uncountable, plural polios)
- A person who has poliomyelitis.
- They don't need social service workers running back and forth every month or two to see if the polios are playing stickball in the street because they never will.1977, United States. Congress. House. Welfare Reform Subcommittee, Administration's Welfare Reform Proposal: Joint Hearings..., page 223
- The “polios” (as they called themselves) in Warm Springs didn't deny the seriousness of their health issues or the impairments to their physiology. But their most critical struggle, they claimed, involved healing sorely wounded spirits.2008, Cynthia Comacchio, Janet Golden, George Weisz, Healing the World's Children, page 141
Proper noun capitalized: Polio
Polio (plural Polios)
- A surname from Spanish.
Also used as
polio is also the abbreviation of poliomyelitis.
polio meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
polio in Hindi
- पोलियो, पोलिओ
polio in Tamil
- போலியோ
polio in Marathi
- पोलिओ, पोलिओची लागण
polio in Urdu
- پولیو
More languagesFewer languages
- polio in Bengali
- পোলিও, পোলিয়ো, পলিও
- polio in Telugu
- పోలియో
- polio in Malayalam
- പോളിയോ
- polio in Kannada
- ಪೋಲಿಯೊ, ಪೋಲಿಯೋ
- polio in Punjabi
- ਪੋਲੀਓ, ਪੋਲਿਓ
- polio in Gujarati
- પોલિયો, પોલિઓ
- polio in Odia
- ପୋଲିଓ
- polio in Nepali
- पोलियो, पोलिओ
Examples of polio in a sentence
- Researchers think that polio is an eradicable disease.
- Plans for the resumption of her nursery school were put on hold, held hostage by the polio epidemic.
- Fifty years later, she even blamed her mother for overdeference to the doctors when she was ill with polio.
Forms of polio
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | polios |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Polios |
Origin of polio
First element of polio(myelitis).
Borrowed from Spanish Polio. This surname is mostly found in El Salvador.
Words formed from polio
Words that rhyme with polio
Questions about polio
- What does polio mean?
- Polio means a person who has poliomyelitis.
- What is polio in Hindi?
- Polio in Hindi is पोलियो, पोलिओ. See Polio meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is polio?
- Polio can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce polio?
- Polio is pronounced /ˈpəʊljəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of polio?
- The plural of polio is polios.
Words near polio in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: polio (page history and authors); Polio (page history and authors); polio (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polio (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polio (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polio (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polio (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polio (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polio (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polio (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polio (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polio (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polio (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polio (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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