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Definition of Salk vaccine
1. Noun. A poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
Medical Definition of Salk vaccine
1. Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV). The polio virus in ipv has been inactivated (killed). The salk vaccine is named after the american physician-virologist jonas salk. See immunization, polio. (12 Dec 1998)
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