polio

2 definitions • 2 examples

a serious infectious disease that can cause permanent paralysis (= being unable to move the body):

a polio vaccination programme

Now 95% of babies are immunized against diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, and rubella.

a serious, infectious disease of the nerves of the spine (= row of bones in the back) that can cause temporary or permanent paralysis (= inability to move the body)