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polio vaccine

American  

noun

  1. a vaccine administered to induce specific active immunity to poliomyelitis.


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He went on to test a candidate polio vaccine in countries including Poland, Yugoslavia, Switzerland and the Belgian Congo.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

One of the greatest successes was the elimination of polio thanks to the polio vaccine.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2025

I suspect that none of the parents who volunteered for Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine trial were hoping their children were in the placebo group.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2025

The idea that anyone would question the polio vaccine now, she said, “makes me nuts.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 18, 2024

“I didn’t know about that, but the other day President Clinton said the polio vaccine is one of the most important things that happened in the twentieth century, and her cells involved with that too.”

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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