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Meaning of Polio | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈpəʊljəʊ

Definitions

  1. Abbreviation of poliomyelitis.
  2. A surname from Spanish.
  3. A person who has poliomyelitis.

Equivalents

العربية شلل الأطفال
Bosanski polio
Deutsch Kinderlähmung
Suomi lapsihalvaus
Français polio
Hrvatski polio
日本語 ポリオ
Polski polio
Português pólio
Српски polio
Tiếng Việt bại liệt

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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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