Sabin vaccine

noun

Sa·​bin vaccine ˈsā-bin- 

: a polio vaccine that contains three serotypes of poliovirus in a weakened, live state and is administered orally compare salk vaccine

Examples of Sabin vaccine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Since that lone 2013 case, which might have been transmitted by a foreign traveler to one of the rare individuals in America who never got the Sabin vaccine, there have been no more. — Thomas D. Elias, Orange County Register, 17 May 2024

In 2022, nearly 800 children or young adults in roughly two dozen countries developed paralytic polio after being infected with one of the vaccine viruses from the Sabin vaccines. — Helen Branswell, STAT, 16 Mar. 2023

Martinello said the cases likely were caught from the oral Sabin vaccine, introduced in 1960, which contained weakened live virus. — Hartford Courant, 13 Sep. 2022

The vaccinations were easier with the Sabin vaccine than the current coronavirus vaccines, since the Salk vaccine had already greatly reduced the threat of polio. — Cameron Fields, cleveland, 13 Jan. 2021

Word History

Etymology

after Albert Sabin, 1906–1993, American immunologist

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

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Medical Definition

Sabin vaccine

noun

Sa·​bin vaccine ˈsā-bin- 

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

called also Sabin oral vaccine

compare salk vaccine