Definitions for salk vaccine
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Salk′ vaccine`(n.)
a vaccine that contains three types of inactivated poliomyelitis viruses and induces immunity against the disease.
Category: Immunology
Origin of Salk vaccine:
1950–55; after J. E. Salk, who developed it
Princeton's WordNet
Salk vaccine, IPV(noun)
a poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
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