Meanings
nounpoliovirus (plural polioviruses)
plural polioviruses
- A human enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family that causes poliomyelitis.
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.
2015, Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter, →ISBN, page 299
Origin
From polio + virus, the first element shortened from poliomyelitis.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Estonian polioviirus
- polioviirushuman enterovirus
Finnish poliovirus
- poliovirushuman enterovirus
German Poliovirus
- Poliovirushuman enterovirus
Japanese ポリオウイルス
- ポリオウイルス (poriouirusu)human enterovirus
Korean 폴리오바이러스
- 폴리오바이러스 (polliobaireoseu)human enterovirus
Spanish poliovirus
- poliovirushuman enterovirus
Cite this entry
APA
poliovirus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poliovirus
MLA
“poliovirus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poliovirus. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poliovirus,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poliovirus.
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