Salk vaccine

Salk vaccine
a vaccine that contains three types of inactivated poliomyelitis viruses and induces immunity against the disease.
[1950-55; named after J. E. SALK]

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  • Salk vaccine — n. a vaccine developed against polio. Etymology: J. E. Salk, Amer. scientist b. 1914 …   Useful english dictionary

  • (the) Salk vaccine — the Salk vaccine [the Salk vaccine] noun [sing] a medicine used to prevent ↑polio (= a serious disease affecting the nervous system), developed in 1954 …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Vaccine, Salk — Vaccine against poliomyelitis named for Dr. Jonas Salk who developed and introduced it in 1955. It was the first type of polio vaccine to become available. It was made by cultivating three strains of the virus separately in monkey tissue. The… …   Medical dictionary

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