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polio

polio, poliomyelitis

noun pol-ee-OH Rare

Usage Note

Polio is the familiar abbreviation of poliomyélite and is used in both medical and everyday speech. Vaccination campaigns in France (le vaccin contre la polio) made the disease rare; it is legally required in the French childhood immunisation schedule. It is feminine: la polio.

Examples

"Le vaccin a éliminé la polio."

Natural Translation

The vaccine eliminated polio.

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