亚洲网紅露点

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polio

[ poh-lee-oh ]

polio

/ 藞辫蓹蕣濒瑟蓹蕣 /

noun

  1. short for poliomyelitis
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of polio1

An Americanism dating back to 1930鈥35; shortened form
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Thus, there are few things Westerners take for granted more than reduced child mortality, reduced death in child birth and the eradication of history鈥檚 most brutal diseases like polio and smallpox.

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Nor was it ever used in vaccines against chicken pox, polio or pneumonia.

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Kennedy loves to talk about "chronic disease," but doesn't mention how once-common disabling conditions like gout, rickets, polio injury, or consumption have disappeared.

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Cassidy鈥檚 intent to serve as a one-man bulwark against measles, polio and dozens of other ailments may be sincere.

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It presents itself as a form of paralysis which can be also caused by polio, viruses or rare neurological disease.

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