Definition of Sabin vaccine

1. Noun. An oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.


Definition of Sabin vaccine

1. Noun. A polio vaccine that is taken by mouth, and contains the three serotypes of polio in a weakened live state. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Sabin vaccine

1. Oral Polio virus Vaccine (OPV). The polio virus in opv is attenuated (weakened). The sabin vaccine is named after the american virologist albert sabin. See immunization, polio. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sabin Vaccine

sabering
saberlike
sabermetric
sabermetrician
sabermetricians
sabermetrics
sabers
sabertooth
sabertoothed
sabes
sabha
sabian
sabicu
sabicu wood
sabieite
sabin vaccine (current term)
sabinaite
sabine
sabine pine
sabinene
sabines
sabino
sabinol
sabinol dehydrogenase
sabins
sabir
sabirs
sabkha
sabkhah
sabkhahs

Literary usage of Sabin vaccine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Punitive Damages: Tort Reform & Fda Defenses: Hearings Before the Committee edited by Orrin G. Hatch (1998)
"... even though all of the relevant major public health organizations in the United States supported the sabin vaccine as preferable to the Salk vaccine. ..."

2. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope (1998)
"The sabin vaccine strains of poliovirus were selected for their ability to replicate in the gut while not replicating in the CNS. ..."

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