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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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