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Definitions of polio
  1. noun
    an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord
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  • salk United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914)
  • sabin United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis (born 1906)
  • poliovirus the virus causing poliomyelitis
  • salk vaccine a poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
  • coxsackie virus enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
  • jonas salk United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914)
  • poliovirus vaccine vaccine prepared from poliovirus to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
  • topv an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
  • coxsackievirus enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
  • opv an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
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