Sabin vaccine
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noun
an orally administered vaccine of live viruses for immunization against poliomyelitis.
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Origin of Sabin vaccine
Named after A. B. Sabin
Words nearby Sabin vaccine
sabin, Sabina, Sabine, Sabine Lake, Sabinianus, Sabin vaccine, Sabir, sabkha, sable, sable antelope, sablefish
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British Dictionary definitions for Sabin vaccine
Sabin vaccine
/ (ˈseɪbɪn) /
noun
a vaccine taken orally to immunize against poliomyelitis, developed by Albert Bruce Sabin (1906–93) in 1955
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Medical definitions for Sabin vaccine
Sabin vaccine
n.
An oral vaccine that contains live attenuated polioviruses and is used to confer immunity against poliomyelitis.
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Cultural definitions for Sabin vaccine
Sabin vaccine
[ (say-bin) ]
An oral vaccine developed by the twentieth-century American scientist and physician Albert B. Sabin that induces immunity to poliomyelitis.
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