Sabin vaccine
noun
an orally administered vaccine of live viruses for immunization against poliomyelitis.
Origin of Sabin vaccine
named after A. B.
Sabin
British Dictionary definitions for sabin vaccine
Sabin vaccine
/ (ˈseɪbɪn) /
noun
a vaccine taken orally to immunize against poliomyelitis, developed by Albert Bruce Sabin (1906–93) in 1955
Medical definitions for sabin vaccine
Sabin vaccine
n.
An oral vaccine that contains live attenuated polioviruses and is used to confer immunity against poliomyelitis.
Cultural definitions for sabin vaccine
Sabin vaccine
[ (say-bin) ]
An oral vaccine developed by the twentieth-century American scientist and physician Albert B. Sabin that induces immunity to poliomyelitis.