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# polio

noun (polio, uncountable)

«polio» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A serious illness caused by a virus that can damage the nerves and cause paralysis, so people cannot move parts of their body. Its full name is poliomyelitis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/polio/#m1)

### In the lessons

In history and health lessons: polio was once common around the world, especially among children. Vaccines developed by Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin in the 1950s and 60s made it rare; today it remains in very few places, and worldwide vaccination aims to wipe it out. Former US President Franklin D. Roosevelt had polio.

### Examples

- Polio vaccines have saved millions of children from paralysis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/polio/#x1)
- Grandma remembers getting the polio vaccine on a sugar lump. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/polio/#x2)
- Polio is caused by a virus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/polio/#x3)
- Jonas Salk made one of the first polio vaccines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/polio/#x4)
- Today polio has almost disappeared from the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/polio/#x5)
- Some people who had polio needed leg braces to walk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/polio/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable; short for poliomyelitis. Pronounced «POH-lee-oh». It cannot be cured once someone has it, but it can be prevented by vaccination.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «polio» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/polio/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«polio» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/polio.html) on Mova free.