Sabin vaccine

noun

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

Sabin vaccine

/ ˈseɪbɪn /

noun

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

Sabin vaccine

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sabin vaccine¹

Named after A. B. Sabin