Salk vaccine

American  

noun

1. a vaccine that contains three types of inactivated poliomyelitis viruses and induces immunity against the disease.

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Salk vaccine Cultural  

1. The first vaccine developed for immunization against poliomyelitis. It is named for Jonas Salk, the twentieth-century American scientist who developed it.

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Etymology

Origin of Salk vaccine

First recorded in 1950–55; named after J. E. Salk

Example Sentences

When the Salk vaccine came out, we were among the first children who were vaccinated.

From Salon

Acceptance of these vaccines even survived setbacks such as the “Cutter incident” in which a Berkeley manufacturer of the Salk vaccine issued contaminated lots that sickened 40,000 children.

From Los Angeles Times

While there, he witnessed a polio outbreak in the summer of 1955, the year the Salk vaccine became available.

From New York Times

The Salk vaccine required three injections, plus a booster, which meant multiple trips to the doctor.

From Washington Post

That’s also true of polio, which lost its capacity to terrorize the public soon after mass inoculations with the Salk vaccine were launched in the mid-1950s.

From Los Angeles Times