Salk vaccine
noun
a vaccine that contains three types of inactivated poliomyelitis viruses and induces immunity against the disease.
Origin of Salk vaccine
1First recorded in 1950–55; named after J. E. Salk
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Cultural definitions for Salk vaccine
Salk vaccine
[ (sawlk, sawk) ]
The first vaccine developed for immunization against poliomyelitis. It is named for Jonas Salk, the twentieth-century American scientist who developed it.
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