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Salk vaccine

Salk vaccine

1 3.3
A vaccine made from killed polio virus given by injection to prevent polio
  • noun
  • /sɔk ˈvæksin/
  • Archaic
translation icon : vacuna Salk
  • Many authorities predict that widespread use of the new Salk vaccine will soon wipe out the dreaded disease of polio, once known as infantile paralysis.
  • making the Salk vaccine

Examples

  • Before the Salk vaccine was developed, polio was a common and feared disease.

  • My first polio immunizations were the old Salk vaccine, which had to be injected with a hypodermic needle sterilized and reused by the doctor.

    Blog text (19)

  • "There was a big epidemic before the Salk vaccine.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • This is how Jonas Salk's vaccine operates, with a syringe.

  • The Salk vaccine has been instrumental in reducing poliomyelitis cases worldwide.

  • Doctors recommend that all children receive the Salk vaccine to protect them from polio.

Synonyms

IPV
vsSalk vaccine
  • Specialized
1 4.2

A vaccine given by injection to protect against polio

is the same vaccine but specified by its developer's name

Surface Forms

Salk vaccine singular
Salk vaccines plural

Morphology

Salk + vaccine

The phrase is compositionally a proper name + vaccine, so a learner who knows 'vaccine' will readily infer it denotes a vaccine associated with (or developed by) someone named Salk. Proper-name compounds like NAME + vaccine are a common, transparent naming pattern cross-linguistically, so the overall meaning is immediately understandable even if the learner does not know the biographical details.

Etymology

Salk vaccine is named after doctor Salk, who in the 1950s made a shot from a killed polio virus and gave it by injection to protect children. That's why Salk vaccine means 'a vaccine for polio' today.