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.
中文解释
1. pal- => polio- "grey".
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.
