Definition of Salk vaccine

1. Noun. A poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.

Exact synonyms: Ipv
Generic synonyms: Poliovirus Vaccine

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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salk Vaccine

salivary virus
salivas
salivate
salivated
salivates
salivating
salivation
salivations
salivator
salivators
salivatory
salivolithiasis
salivous
salivæ
salix
salk vaccine (current term)
sall
sallad
sallade
sallads
sallal
sallals
sallary
salle
salle d'armes
sallee
sallees
sallenders
salles
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Literary usage of Salk vaccine

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

1. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"... the Salk' vaccine is also being hailed as "one of the greatest events in the history of medicine." What of the man behind this momentous discovery ? ..."

2. Cross Design Synthesis: A New Strategy for Medical Effectiveness Research by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Two well-known examples of randomized studies conducted since that time are the salk vaccine placebo trial (Francis et al.,; Meier,) and the long-term ..."

3. Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 1 by Katherine Scraper (2003)
"... Introduce Dr. salk vaccine walk Words to Introduce Jonas Salk Dr. (doctor) polio vaccine lab LEVEL 3 Words to Introduce Dr. Jonas Salk hero breathe died ..."

4. 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. ..."

5. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"1'he introduction of the salk vaccine in 1955 and of Sabin's vaccine in 1961 has practically eliminated poliomyelitis in the United States. ..."

6. Ansley J. Coale: An Autobiography by Ansley J. Coale (2000)
"Infant mortality was lower in Hong Kong and Singapore than in the US; when the salk vaccine became available, the AMA in New Jersey voted to ban from ..."

7. Radiant Healing: The Many Paths to Personal Harmony and Planetary Wholeness by Isabel Bellamy, Donald MacLean (2005)
"Three-quarters of polio cases during a ten-year period were found to have been vaccine-induced, and the Sabin and salk vaccine are thought to have been ..."

8. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"... the Salk' vaccine is also being hailed as "one of the greatest events in the history of medicine." What of the man behind this momentous discovery ? ..."

9. Cross Design Synthesis: A New Strategy for Medical Effectiveness Research by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Two well-known examples of randomized studies conducted since that time are the salk vaccine placebo trial (Francis et al.,; Meier,) and the long-term ..."

10. Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 1 by Katherine Scraper (2003)
"... Introduce Dr. salk vaccine walk Words to Introduce Jonas Salk Dr. (doctor) polio vaccine lab LEVEL 3 Words to Introduce Dr. Jonas Salk hero breathe died ..."

11. 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. ..."

12. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"1'he introduction of the salk vaccine in 1955 and of Sabin's vaccine in 1961 has practically eliminated poliomyelitis in the United States. ..."

13. Ansley J. Coale: An Autobiography by Ansley J. Coale (2000)
"Infant mortality was lower in Hong Kong and Singapore than in the US; when the salk vaccine became available, the AMA in New Jersey voted to ban from ..."

14. Radiant Healing: The Many Paths to Personal Harmony and Planetary Wholeness by Isabel Bellamy, Donald MacLean (2005)
"Three-quarters of polio cases during a ten-year period were found to have been vaccine-induced, and the Sabin and salk vaccine are thought to have been ..."

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