Sabin vaccine

American  

noun

1. an orally administered vaccine of live viruses for immunization against poliomyelitis.

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Sabin vaccine British  

/ ˈseɪbɪn /

noun

1. a vaccine taken orally to immunize against poliomyelitis, developed by Albert Bruce Sabin (1906–93) in 1955

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Sabin vaccine Cultural  

1. An oral vaccine developed by the twentieth-century American scientist and physician Albert B. Sabin that induces immunity to poliomyelitis.

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Etymology

Origin of Sabin vaccine

Named after A. B. Sabin

Example Sentences

The result was that more than 37 million Soviet citizens were vaccinated with the Sabin vaccine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

Starting with the same type 2 Sabin vaccine virus, they tweaked its genome in several places to make it less likely to revert.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 19, 2023

If approved, the single-dose Sabin vaccine would most likely be the first in line for trial.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2022

In 1999, the U.S. government recalled the Sabin vaccine, replacing it with a newer version of Salk’s vaccine.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2021

In time, the Sabin vaccine became the predominant form of polio immunization, and the Salk vaccine was largely abandoned.

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2018