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Recent Examples of poliomyelitis
Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a viral disease that affects the nervous system.
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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
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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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
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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Justin suffered a bout of partial facial paralysis due to the rare disorder Ramsay Hunt Syndrome.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
20 May 2025
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Don’t let analysis paralysis stop you from taking the risk.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Alexa explained in her reel that Duke University in North Carolina has been working on a clinical trial for cerebral palsy for over five years and has reported success in thousands of cases.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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This coming-of-age film, based on a 2010 novel by Sharon M. Draper, stars Phoebe-Ray Taylor as a sixth-grader with cerebral palsy facing the challenges of being in a mainstream class for the first time.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
1 May 2025
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Besides, her mother had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when Karen was 8.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Millions of Americans who receive intravenous treatment for multiple sclerosis, blood diseases and rheumatologic conditions could soon lose access to those medicines — unless Congress intervenes.—
Dan Mccarty,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2025
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Ross, who lives with Bell’s palsy, was previously diagnosed and received treatment for skin cancer in 2021 and underwent hip surgery for an unspecified cancer in 2024.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2025
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However, a somewhat common condition known as Bell’s palsy — when the facial nerve becomes inflamed — can be the root of temporary facial paralysis.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Poliomyelitis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poliomyelitis. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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