polio survivor

collocation in English

meaningsofpolioandsurvivor

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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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survivor
noun[C]
uk
/səˈvaɪ.vər/us
/sɚˈvaɪ.vɚ/
a person who continues to live, despite ...
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She wrote parts of the magazine, but preferred to publish articles in the words of polio survivors themselves.
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It runs a telephone and e-mail answer-line during business hours, responding to requests from polio survivors, clinicians, researchers, and journalists.
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And it has been working with other organizations to include rehabilitation for polio survivors in the current program for the worldwide eradication of polio.
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Today, many polio survivors with permanent respiratory paralysis use modern jacket-type negative-pressure ventilators worn over the chest and abdomen.
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In the late 40s and early 50s, severely compromised polio survivors, especially those with respiratory difficulties, were often hospitalized for many months, or even years.
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Because polio survivors have already lost a considerable number of motor neurons, further age-related loss of neurons may contribute substantially to new muscle weakness.
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Polio survivors are one of the largest disabled groups in the world.
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Fortunately, polio survivors who had gone home from the centers had worked with attendants for a few years, and had worked out some systems of community support.
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There was no reason to limit these demonstrations to the lives of respiratory polio survivors, or polio survivors generally, even if one were committed centrally to serving their needs.
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The year before her birth, there was a nationwide polio epidemic, and its effect on her family explains a good deal about her later commitment to helping polio survivors.
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Through them she developed international networks of polio survivors and other people with physical disabilities, healthcare professionals in the field of rehabilitation, policymakers, and disability rights activists.
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