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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A vaccine consisting of inactivated polioviruses, used to immunize against poliomyelitis.
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- noun a poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Jonas Edward Salk.]
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