Salk vaccine

American  

noun

1. a vaccine that contains three types of inactivated poliomyelitis viruses and induces immunity against the disease.

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Salk vaccine Cultural  

1. The first vaccine developed for immunization against poliomyelitis. It is named for Jonas Salk, the twentieth-century American scientist who developed it.

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Etymology

Origin of Salk vaccine

First recorded in 1950–55; named after J. E. Salk

Example Sentences

Acceptance of these vaccines even survived setbacks such as the “Cutter incident” in which a Berkeley manufacturer of the Salk vaccine issued contaminated lots that sickened 40,000 children.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2022

The Salk vaccine required three injections, plus a booster, which meant multiple trips to the doctor.

From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2022

Finally, in the spring of 1955, on the tenth anniversary of Roosevelt's death, the March of Dimes announced the exciting results of the trial, which showed that the Salk vaccine worked.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2021

In his efforts to have Sabin’s vaccine delicensed, he was overruled by the major medical decision-makers, and by 1968, U.S. pharmaceutical companies had stopped manufacturing the Salk vaccine.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2021

With those cells, scientists helped prove the Salk vaccine effective.

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