poliovirus
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Definition of poliovirus
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.”
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Etymology
From polio + virus, the first element shortened from poliomyelitis.
Words you can make from poliovirus
142 playable · top: PROVISO (12 pts)
Best play proviso 12 points6-letter words
6 words5-letter words
36 words- OVOLI 8 pts
- VIOLS 8 pts
- VIRLS 8 pts
- VIRUS 8 pts
- VISOR 8 pts
- LIPOS 7 pts
- LOOPS 7 pts
- LOUPS 7 pts
- ORLOP 7 pts
- PILIS 7 pts
- PILUS 7 pts
- PIOUS 7 pts
- POILU 7 pts
- POLIO 7 pts
- POLIS 7 pts
- POLOS 7 pts
- POOLS 7 pts
- POORI 7 pts
- POURS 7 pts
- PROSO 7 pts
- PULIS 7 pts
- PURIS 7 pts
- PURLS 7 pts
- ROUPS 7 pts
- SIRUP 7 pts
- SLOOP 7 pts
- SLURP 7 pts
- SOPOR 7 pts
- SPOIL 7 pts
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- SPOOR 7 pts
- LORIS 5 pts
- LOUIS 5 pts
- LOURS 5 pts
- OLIOS 5 pts
- ROILS 5 pts
4-letter words
52 words- SPIV 9 pts
- LUVS 7 pts
- VIOL 7 pts
- VIRL 7 pts
- LIPO 6 pts
- LIPS 6 pts
- LISP 6 pts
- LOOP 6 pts
- LOPS 6 pts
- LOUP 6 pts
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- PILI 6 pts
- PISO 6 pts
- PLUS 6 pts
- POIS 6 pts
- POLO 6 pts
- POLS 6 pts
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- POUR 6 pts
- PROS 6 pts
- PULI 6 pts
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- PURS 6 pts
- RIPS 6 pts
- ROUP 6 pts
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- URPS 6 pts
- IRIS 4 pts
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- OILS 4 pts
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- OURS 4 pts
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- SOIL 4 pts
- SOLI 4 pts
- SOLO 4 pts
- SORI 4 pts
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3-letter words
34 words- LUV 6 pts
- VIS 6 pts
- LIP 5 pts
- LOP 5 pts
- OPS 5 pts
- PIS 5 pts
- PIU 5 pts
- POI 5 pts
- POL 5 pts
- POO 5 pts
- POS 5 pts
- PRO 5 pts
- PSI 5 pts
- PUL 5 pts
- PUR 5 pts
- PUS 5 pts
- RIP 5 pts
- SIP 5 pts
- SOP 5 pts
- SUP 5 pts
- UPO 5 pts
- UPS 5 pts
- URP 5 pts
- LIS 3 pts
- LOO 3 pts
- LOR 3 pts
- OIL 3 pts
- ORS 3 pts
- OUR 3 pts
- ROO 3 pts
- SIR 3 pts
- SOL 3 pts
- SOU 3 pts
- SRI 3 pts
2-letter words
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