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.
权威例句
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。
2. He dragged a foot when he walked, a leftover from polio.