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Definition of Sabin vaccine
1. Noun. An oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
Generic synonyms: Poliovirus Vaccine
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
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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