polio

Questions about polio

What does polio mean?

polio means "an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord".

How many syllables are in polio?

polio has 3 syllables: po-li-o. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /ˈpoʊliˌoʊ/.

What is another word for polio?

Close synonyms include poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis, acute anterior poliomyelitis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is polio a common word?

polio is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with polio?

35 words rhyme with polio. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.