Salk
[ sawk, sawlk ]
/ sɔk, sɔlk /
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noun
Jonas E(dward),1914–95, U.S. bacteriologist: developed Salk vaccine.
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(The Sabin versus Salk debate is one of the great arguments in modern medical history and will not be recapitulated here).
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British Dictionary definitions for salk
Salk
/ (sɔːlk) /
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.
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Medicine definitions for salk
Salk
[ sôlk ]
American microbiologist who developed (1954) the first effective killed-virus vaccine against polio.
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Science definitions for salk
Salk
[ sôlk ]
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.
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