polio epidemic

collocation in English

meaningsofpolioandepidemic

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polio
noun[U]
uk
/ˈpəʊ.li.əʊ/us
/ˈpoʊ.li.oʊ/
a serious infectious disease that can cause permanent paralysis (= being unable to move ...
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epidemic
noun
uk
/ˌep.ɪˈdem.ɪk/us
/ˌep.əˈdem.ɪk/
the appearance of a particular disease in a large number of people at the ...
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(Definition ofpolioandepidemicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He was a powerful male, but lost the use of one arm in apolioepidemicthat ravaged the community in 1966.
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The disease spread through the recipients' families creating apolioepidemicthat led to a further 113 cases of paralytic polio and another 5 deaths.
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Until thepolioepidemic, the water was kept at a substantial depth to support the fish over winter.
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He caught polio while in high school during a 1950spolioepidemic.
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That year apolioepidemicforced authorities to postpone the start of courses.
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During apolioepidemicin 1939, he made leg braces for children at his shop.
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However, they were discouraged from going to shelters due to apolioepidemicthere.
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The year before her birth, there was a nationwidepolioepidemic, and its effect on her family explains a good deal about her later commitment to helping polio survivors.
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It was the provincial rehabilitation centre for the polio epidemics in the 1920s and 1950s.
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Although major polio epidemics were unknown before the 20th century, the disease has caused paralysis and death for much of human history.
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The disease was very well publicized during the polio epidemics of the 1950s, with extensive media coverage of any scientific advancements that might lead to a cure.
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Here the accident rate in the docks is very great, and the recentpolioepidemichas made heavy demands.
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If we had a hot summer we knew we were in for apolioepidemic.
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There was apolioepidemic.
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Ellwood began his career as a pediatric neurologist, specializing in polio at the height of the internationalpolioepidemicin the early 1950s.
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How urgently is he dealing with this, and will he make sure that supplies are sent to areas where there are polio epidemics?
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