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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.
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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, 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
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, Washington Post, 23 June 2022
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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, 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
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, Washington Post, 23 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poliomyelitis
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The symptoms of the disease can vary, from disorientation and circling to paralysis across the animal’s back end, the inability to stand up and potentially death.—
Jessie Richards,
The Conversation,
12 Sep. 2025
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The bullet severed Onyx’s spinal cord, causing paralysis from the waist down.—
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Sep. 2025
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These guidelines have helped Manuylov teach a wide variety of students, ranging from a 65-year-old accountant to a 22-year-old young man with cerebral palsy.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Hills, who has cerebral palsy, launched her business, The Dazey Hills Company, in January 2019 in Southampton, UK, representing about 10 local actors while working on a production job for a Hollywood movie filmed in the UK.—
Elaine Pofeldt,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Without a map of these switches, finding the true origin of complex diseases like multiple sclerosis, lupus, and schizophrenia is a slow, expensive,and often fruitless endeavor.—
Miguel Llorca,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Fuller, who had an absent father and mother with alcoholism, was in a crash in 2019 that left him permanently disabled and he's also been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Symptoms can include a rash and flu-like symptoms, with some people going on to experience arthritis, facial palsy, pain, irregular heartbeats and other worsening symptoms.—
Grace Gavilanes,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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The Emmy-winning composer died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles following an eight-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), Clausen’s daughter told the Hollywood Reporter.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
31 May 2025
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“Poliomyelitis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poliomyelitis. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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