Salk vaccine
noun
a vaccine that contains three types of inactivated poliomyelitis viruses and induces immunity against the disease.
Origin of Salk vaccine
First recorded in 1950–55; named after J. E.
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Medical definitions for salk vaccine
Salk vaccine
n.
A vaccine containing inactivated polioviruses, used to immunize against poliomyelitis.
Cultural definitions for salk vaccine
Salk vaccine
[ (sawlk, sawk) ]
The first vaccine developed for immunization against poliomyelitis. It is named for Jonas Salk, the twentieth-century American scientist who developed it.