albert sabin

Sa·bin

[sey-bin]
noun
Albert Bruce, 1906–93, U.S. physician, born in Poland: developed Sabin vaccine.
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sabin (ˈsæbɪn, ˈseɪ-) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
physics a unit of acoustic absorption equal to the absorption resulting from one square foot of a perfectly absorbing surface
 
[C20: introduced by Wallace C. Sabine (1868--1919), US physicist]

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Sabin (ˈseɪbɪn) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Albert Bruce. 1906--93, US microbiologist, born in Poland. He developed the Sabin vaccine (1955), taken orally to immunize against poliomyelitis

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Sabin Sa·bin (sā'bĭn), Albert Bruce. 1906-1993.

American microbiologist and physician who developed a live-virus vaccine against polio (1957), replacing the killed-virus vaccine invented by Jonas Salk.

Sabin , Florence Rena. 1871-1953.

American pioneer anatomist noted for her investigations of the lymphatic system. She was the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences (1925).

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sabin   (sā'bĭn)  Pronunciation Key 
A unit of acoustic absorption such that one square meter of material of one sabin absorbs 100 percent of the sound energy that strikes it.
Sabin, Albert Bruce 1906-1993.  
American microbiologist and physician who developed a vaccine against polio that contained an active form of the polio virus (1957). This replaced a less effective vaccine, invented by Jonas Salk, that contained an inactivated form of the virus.
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