polio in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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Translations for polio in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

polio [ˌpəʊliəʊ, Am ˌpoʊlioʊ] N, poliomyelitis [ˌpəʊliəʊmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs, Am ˌpoʊlioʊˌmaɪəˈlaɪt̬əs] N no pl MED

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Here he began his polio experiments, which ultimately led to the creation of the first oral polio vaccine.
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At the age of 6 months, she caught polio.
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The other was her contraction of polio at age seven which left her with a weakened right leg and a permanent limp.
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After the war the island was used as a facility for polio patients.
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Their development was stimulated both by the need to treat polio patients and the increasing use of muscle relaxants during anesthesia.
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Manning contracted polio when he was just five years old.
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He was a powerful male, but lost the use of one arm in a polio epidemic that ravaged the community in 1966.
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Skiers may be in this class as a result of an amputation, or polio.
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At that time, public health attention focused on finding a vaccine for polio.
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The varicella cultures failed to grow but the polio cultures were successful.
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