poliomyelitis

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Recent Examples of poliomyelitis Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under age 5 that is mainly spread through contact with human fecal matter. Hyder Abbasi, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2022 Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a viral disease that affects the nervous system. Fox News, 23 July 2022 Polio, short for poliomyelitis, is highly contagious and spreads via person-to-person contact even when the original contagious patient doesn't show symptoms. Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 22 July 2022 Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease, which invades the nervous system and spreads mainly through contamination by fecal matter. Adela Suliman, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022 See All Example Sentences for poliomyelitis
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Noun
  • There’s so much angst in the national conservation community that paralysis has replaced pragmatism.
    Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Its weaknesses are fire, poison, paralysis and sleep.
    Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In addition, he was reported to have a bedridden son born with cerebral palsy.
    Josh Klein, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Anthony Mitchell and Justin Mitchell Anthony Mitchell, a 67-year-old amputee who used a wheelchair, and his son Justin, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, died in the Eaton fire, according to Anthony’s daughter Hajime White.
    David Chiu, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Bronfman died Wednesday night in Toronto following a long battle with multiple sclerosis.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
  • This decline was attributed to a decrease in multiple sclerosis product revenue, which fell by 6.7%, and a decrease in contract manufacturing revenue.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Embiid, though, was still battling injury throughout that series, which included Bell’s palsy.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024
  • No serious side effects were reported during the trial period, but once the vaccine was released, Swiss officials saw a concerning uptick in cases of Bell’s palsy, a disease that causes weakness or paralysis of the facial muscles, often leading to a drooping or disfigured face.
    Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024

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