(uncountable) Abbreviation of poliomyelitis. / (countable, informal) A person who has poliomyelitis.

plural of polio

plural of Polio

A surname from Spanish.

(pathology) Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.

(military) The art of siege warfare, namely, that of conducting or resisting a siege; siegecraft.

plural of poliovirus

A human enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family that causes poliomyelitis.

Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with poliomyelitis

Alpers' disease