polio: [20] Polio is an abbreviation of poliomyelitis [19], a term coined in modern Latin from Greek poliós ‘grey’ and muelós ‘marrow’ (a derivative of mūs ‘muscle’) – hence ‘inflammation of the ‘grey matter’ of the spinal chord’
polio (n.)
1911, abbreviation of poliomyelitis.
实用例句
1. The first authoritative study of polio was published in 1840.
关于小儿麻痹症的第一篇权威性研究报告发表于1840年。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He dragged a foot when he walked, a leftover from polio.
