Definitions for POLIO
ˈpoʊ liˌoʊpo·lio

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. poliomyelitis, polio, infantile paralysis, acute anterior poliomyelitisnoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. polionoun

   Abbreviation of poliomyelitis

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1. Polio

   Poliomyelitis, commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. In about 0.5 percent of cases, it moves from the gut to affect the central nervous system and there is muscle weakness resulting in a flaccid paralysis. This can occur over a few hours to a few days. The weakness most often involves the legs, but may less commonly involve the muscles of the head, neck and diaphragm. Many people fully recover. In those with muscle weakness, about 2 to 5 percent of children and 15 to 30 percent of adults die. For all those infected, in up to 70 percent of infections there are no symptoms. Another 25 percent of people have minor symptoms such as fever and a sore throat, and up to 5 percent have headache, neck stiffness and pains in the arms and legs. These people are usually back to normal within one or two weeks. Years after recovery, post-polio syndrome may occur, with a slow development of muscle weakness similar to that which the person had during the initial infection.Poliovirus is usually spread from person to person through infected fecal matter entering the mouth. It may also be spread by food or water containing human feces and less commonly from infected saliva. Those who are infected may spread the disease for up to six weeks even if no symptoms are present. The disease may be diagnosed by finding the virus in the feces or detecting antibodies against it in the blood. The disease occurs naturally only in humans.The disease is preventable with the polio vaccine; however, multiple doses are required for it to be effective. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends polio vaccination boosters for travelers and those who live in countries where the disease is occurring. Once infected there is no specific treatment. In 2018, there were 33 cases of wild polio and 104 cases of vaccine-derived polio. This is down from 350,000 wild cases in 1988. In 2018, the wild disease was spread between people only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In 2019 there were 175 cases of wild polio and 364 cases of vaccine-derived polio.Poliomyelitis has existed for thousands of years, with depictions of the disease in ancient art. The disease was first recognized as a distinct condition by the English physician Michael Underwood in 1789 and the virus that causes it was first identified in 1908 by the Austrian immunologist Karl Landsteiner. Major outbreaks started to occur in the late 19th century in Europe and the United States. In the 20th century it became one of the most worrying childhood diseases in these areas. The first polio vaccine was developed in the 1950s by Jonas Salk. Soon after, Albert Sabin developed an oral vaccine, which has become the world standard.

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1. POLIO

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Polio is ranked #36788 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Polio surname appeared 607 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Polio.
   
   79% or 480 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   20.1% or 122 total occurrences were White.

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1. • Infectious Disease

Anagrams for POLIO »

1. pooli

How to pronounce POLIO?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of POLIO in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of POLIO in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of POLIO in a Sentence

1. Nadia Gul:

   We have fears in our minds and in our hearts, but we will not lose courage, our aim, the aim of all the polio workers, is that we end this scourge in our country, so that no child, God forbid, is crippled.

2. Rais Abdul Khaliq:

   He fired only one bullet. After the first bullet, people and the guards tackled him and didn’t allow him to fire more. both had polio and were paralyzed.

3. Rolando Enrique Domingo:

   The polio vaccinations happen all year round, but our coverage dropped for the past five years, we've learned our lesson. It is time to move on and really start vaccinating all kids and make sure we sustain this every year.

4. Michel Zaffran:

   Taking our foot off the pedal now could mean polio will within a few years spread straight back into large parts of the world and create 100,000 or 200,000 cases, the job has not been done and will not be done until we have fully eradicated the virus.

5. Alex Corbishley:

   Wastewater epidemiology has been part of monitoring of polio infection across the world, so it's not completely new, but it's never really been applied to an outbreak in this way.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=POLIO
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Polio
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html