Salk

[sawk, sawlk]

noun

Jonas E(dward),1914–95, U.S. bacteriologist: developed Salk vaccine.

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Contemporary Examples of salk

(The Sabin versus Salk debate is one of the great arguments in modern medical history and will not be recapitulated here).
U.N. Calls Middle East Polio Outbreak ‘Greatest Polio Challenge in History’
Kent Sepkowitz
April 9, 2014

Historical Examples of salk

If it worked out, he'd be one of the great names in medicine; like Jenner, Pasteur, and Salk.
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British Dictionary definitions for salk

Salk

noun

Jonas Edward. 1914–95, US virologist: developed an injected vaccine against poliomyelitis (1954)

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Word Origin and History for salk

Salk

in reference to vaccine against poliomyelitis, 1954, from U.S. virologist Jonas Edward Salk (1914-1995), who developed it.

salk in Medicine

Salk

[sôlk]Jonas 1914-1995

American microbiologist who developed (1954) the first effective killed-virus vaccine against polio.

salk in Science

Salk

[sôlk]Jonas Edward 1914-1995

American microbiologist who in 1954 developed the first effective vaccine against polio, using an inactivated form of the virus. Salk's vaccine, which was administered by injection, was widely used until 1959 when Albert Sabin introduced an orally administered vaccine derived from a live form of the virus.