ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Poliovirus

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Poliovirus is a noun meaning A human enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family that causes poliomyelitis.

Meaning

A human enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family that causes poliomyelitis.

Example Sentences

By now Jameson, a victim of polio, was confined to a wheelchair; most likely he'd contracted the poliovirus from an East German defector whom he interrogated in 1955.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include virus, polio, poliomyelitis, poliomavirus, poliovirion, echovirus.

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