Sabin vaccine

noun

A polio vaccine that is taken by mouth, and contains the three serotypes of polio in a weakened live state.

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Meanings

nounSabin vaccine (plural Sabin vaccines)

plural Sabin vaccines

  1. A polio vaccine that is taken by mouth, and contains the three serotypes of polio in a weakened live state.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis

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oral poliovirus vaccineOPVtrivalent live oral poliomyelitis vaccineTOPV
Broader
poliovirus vaccine

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

After Albert Bruce Sabin, an American immunologist.

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sabin vaccine,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sabin%20vaccine.

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