Polio

Definitions

1. Abbreviation of poliomyelitis.
   abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
2. A surname from Spanish.
3. A person who has poliomyelitis.
   countable, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“They don't need⟳ social service workers running back and forth every month or two to see⟳ if the polios are playing stickball in the street because they never will.”

“The “polios” (as they called themselves) in Warm Springs didn't deny⟳ the seriousness of their health issues or the impairments to their physiology. But their most critical struggle⟳, they claimed, involved healing sorely wounded spirits.”

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