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polios

polios

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Cases of a disease spread by germs that can hurt nerves and make it hard to move
  • noun
  • /ˈpoʊliˌoʊz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : poliomielitis
  • The doctor noted that most cases of polios in recent years were mild and did not require hospitalization.

Smallpox, measles, many polio, many others.

Examples

  • In many countries, vaccination programs have drastically reduced the number of polios each year.

  • Health officials are working hard to eliminate all forms of polios to prevent future outbreaks.

  • Unlike smallpox, vast majority of polio cases were in asymptomatic.

Surface Forms

polios singular
polios plural

Morphology

polios = polio (transparent) = polio + s

Regular plural formation from the noun 'polio' using the productive English plural -s; the meaning is directly 'more than one case/type of polio'.

Etymology

Polios comes from the Greek root poliós, meaning 'grey', because polio (short for poliomyelitis) affects the grey part of the spine; so polios simply means multiple cases or kinds of the disease polio.