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an orally administered vaccine of live viruses for immunization against poliomyelitis.[named after A. B. SABIN]
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Sabin vaccine
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Sabin vaccine — The oral polio vaccine developed by Dr. Albert S. Sabin. The first vaccine against poliomyelitis was introduced by Dr. Jonas Salk in 1955 and was administered by injection (in 4 separate shots). The oral vaccine was created by Dr. Sabin the next… … Medical dictionary
Sabin Vaccine Institute — Infobox Non profit Non profit name = Sabin Vaccine Institute Non profit Non profit type = NGO founded date = 1993 founder = H.R. Shepherd, Heloisa Sabin, Robert M. Chanock, and Philip K. Russell, location = Washington, D.C. origins = key people … Wikipedia
Sabin Vaccine — Microbiologist Albert Bruce Sabin was born in 1906 in Bialystok, Russia (now Poland). He immigrated to the United States with his family in 1921 and was naturalized in 1930. He attended New York University, receiving an M.D. in 1931. He joined … Dictionary of eponyms
Sabin vaccine — Sa′bin vaccine′ n. imu an orally administered vaccine of live viruses for immunization against poliomyelitis • Etymology: 1960–65; after A. B. Sabin … From formal English to slang
Sabin vaccine — n. vaccine (that contains live weakened poliovirus) against polio that is taken orally named after Albert Sabin … English contemporary dictionary
Sabin vaccine — an oral vaccine against poliomyelitis, prepared by culture of the virus under special conditions so that it loses its virulence (i.e. it becomes attenuated) but retains its ability to stimulate antibody production [B. Sabin (1906–93), US… … The new mediacal dictionary
Sabin vaccine — /ˈseɪbən ˌvæksin / (say saybuhn .vakseen) noun a vaccine taken orally which immunises against poliomyelitis. {from Albert B Sabin, 1906–93, US virologist, who developed it} …
Sabin vaccine — n. an oral vaccine giving immunity against poliomyelitis. Etymology: A. B. Sabin, US virologist b. 1906 … Useful english dictionary
Sabin vaccine — noun A polio vaccine that is taken by mouth, and contains the three serotypes of polio in a weakened live state … Wiktionary
vaccine — /vak seen / or, esp. Brit., /vak seen, sin/, n. 1. any preparation used as a preventive inoculation to confer immunity against a specific disease, usually employing an innocuous form of the disease agent, as killed or weakened bacteria or viruses … Universalium
