Definition
A serious contagious disease caused by a virus that can cause paralysis; now nearly eradicated worldwide through vaccination.
Etymology
Short for 'poliomyelitis,' from Greek 'polios' (gray) and 'myelos' (marrow), because the virus attacks gray matter in the spinal cord. First identified in the 1800s, it became a major epidemic in the 1950s.
Kelly Says
The polio vaccine is one of medicine's greatest victories—Jonas Salk's vaccine, introduced in 1955, prevented millions of cases and is why most people today have never seen a person with polio, though it was once the disease parents feared most.
Translations
ARالعربية
التهاب النخاع الشوكي
al-tihaab an-nakh'a' ash-shuuki
CACatalà
poliomielitis
poh-lee-o-mee-litis
CSČeština
poliomyelitida
poh-lee-o-my-eh-li-ti-da
DEDeutsch
Polio
poh-lee-oh
ELΕλληνικά
πολιομυελίτιδα
poh-lee-o-my-eh-li-ti-da
ESEspañol
polio
poh-lee-oh
FISuomi
poliomyelitis
poh-lee-o-my-eh-li-tis
FRFrançais
poliomyélite
poh-lee-oh-my-eh-lit
HIहिन्दी
पोलियो
poh-lee-oh
HUMagyar
poliomyelitis
poh-lee-o-my-eh-li-tis
IDBahasa Indonesia
polio
poh-lee-oh
ITItaliano
polio
poh-lee-oh
KKKK
полиомиелит
pol-ee-o-mee-lit
MSBahasa Melayu
polio
poh-lee-oh
MYမြန်မာ
ပိုလီယို
po-lee-yo
NLNederlands
polio
poh-lee-oh
PLPolski
polio
poh-lee-oh
PTPortuguês
poliomielite
poh-lee-oh-mee-lite
RORomână
poliomielite
poh-lee-o-mee-lite
RUРусский
полиомиелит
pa-lee-o-mee-lit
SVSvenska
polio
poh-lee-oh
SWKiswahili
poliomyelitis
poh-lee-o-my-eh-li-tis
TEతెలుగు
పాలియో
pa-lee-yo
TRTürkçe
poliomielit
poh-lee-o-mee-lit
UKУкраїнська
поліомієліт
poh-lee-o-mee-lit
VITiếng Việt
viêm dịch não tủy
vyehm dich nao tuy
ZH中文
脊髓灰质炎
jǐ shuǐ huī zhì yán