A condition characterized by the new development of muscle weakness, musculoskeletal pain, and general fatigue, occurring ten or more years after recovery from acute poliomyelitis.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Definition of post-polio syndrome in US English:
post-polio syndrome
noun
Medicine
A condition characterized by the new development of muscle weakness, musculoskeletal pain, and general fatigue, occurring ten or more years after recovery from acute poliomyelitis.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.