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.
雙語例句
1. The first authoritative study of polio was published in 1840.
關于小兒麻痹癥的第一篇權威性研究報告發表于1840年。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He dragged a foot when he walked, a leftover from polio.