different between polio vs postpolio

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??lj??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?po?lio?/, /-ljo?/
• Rhymes: -??lj??
• Hyphenation: po?lio

Noun

polio (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of poliomyelitis.
2. A sufferer from poliomyelitis.

Derived terms

• DPT

Dutch

Etymology

Shortening of poliomyelitis. Perhaps borrowed from English polio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?po?.li.o?/
• Hyphenation: po?lio

Noun

polio f (uncountable)

1. polio, poliomyelitis [from ca. 1950s]

   Synonyms: kinderverlamming, poliomyelitis

Derived terms

• poliovaccin

Finnish

Noun

polio

1. poliomyelitis

Declension

Anagrams

• lipoo, pooli

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.ljo/
• Hyphenation: pò?lio

Etymology 1

From [Teucrium] polium, from Late Latin polium, polion, from Ancient Greek ?????? (pólion), from ?????? (poliós, “white, grey”).

Noun

polio m (uncountable)

1. The plant Teucrium polium (felty germander)

   Synonym: canutola

Etymology 2

Clipping of poliomielite.

Noun

polio f (invariable)

1. poliomyelitis, polio

Anagrams

• piolo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?po.li.o?/, [?p?lio?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?po.li.o/, [?p??li?]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *pelh?- (“to drive, strike, thrust”), from the notion of fulling cloth. See also interpol?.

Verb

poli? (present infinitive pol?re, perfect active pol?v? or poli?, supine pol?tum); fourth conjugation

1. I polish, I smooth

Conjugation

Derived terms

• expolio
• pol?tus

Descendants

References

• polio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• polio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• polio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• polio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

poli? n

1. dative singular of polion
2. ablative singular of polion
3. dative singular of polium
4. ablative singular of polium

Lindu

Noun

polio

1. farmer

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of poliomielitis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?poljo/, [?po.ljo]

Noun

polio f (plural polios)

1. poliomyelitis

Swahili

Etymology

From English polio.

Pronunciation

Noun

polio (n class, no plural)

1. poliomyelitis

English

Etymology

post- +? polio

Adjective

postpolio (not comparable)

1. Occurring after polio.

Related terms

• postpolio syndrome