小儿麻痹症 (xiǎo ér má bì zhèng) — poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis (polio)

Definition

Examples

• 他小时候得了小儿麻痹症，现在走路不方便。
  Tā xiǎo shí hou dé le xiǎo ér má bì zhèng, xiàn zài zǒu lù bù fāng biàn.
  He contracted polio as a child, and now he has difficulty walking.
• 现在很多孩子都会接种小儿麻痹症疫苗。
  Xiàn zài hěn duō hái zi dōu huì jiē zhòng xiǎo ér má bì zhèng yì miáo.
  Now many children get vaccinated against polio.
• 这种病叫作小儿麻痹症，以前很常见。
  Zhè zhǒng bìng jiào zuò xiǎo ér má bì zhèng, yǐ qián hěn cháng jiàn.
  This disease is called polio; it used to be very common.