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sabin
1[ sey-bin ]
noun
- Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
Sabin
2[ sey-bin ]
noun
- Albert Bruce, 1906–93, U.S. physician, born in Poland: developed Sabin vaccine.
sabin
1/ ˈseɪ-; ˈsæbɪn /
noun
- physics a unit of acoustic absorption equal to the absorption resulting from one square foot of a perfectly absorbing surface
Sabin
2/ ˈseɪbɪn /
noun
- SabinAlbert Bruce19061993MUSPolishSCIENCE: biologist Albert Bruce. 1906–93, US microbiologist, born in Poland. He developed the Sabin vaccine (1955), taken orally to immunize against poliomyelitis
sabin
1/ sā′bĭn /
- 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
2- 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.
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of sabin1
Example Sentences
Sabin’s approach was to weaken the poliovirus by making it replicate in nonhuman cells.
Often delivered on a sugar cube, Sabin’s easily digested vaccine was the inspiration for the song “A Spoonful of Sugar” in the movie Mary Poppins.
The search might be quixotic, but Sabin would regret not tilting at these windmills.
The impact of the collaboration between Sabin and Chumakov extended well beyond the borders of Eastern and Central Europe.
A decade later, when Sabin made the altruistic decision to donate his strains to the World Health Organization, global access to the vaccine increased considerably.
“We follow the Geneva Convention, just like any country,” said Sabin Hadad, spokesperson for the Israeli Interior Ministry.
(The Sabin versus Salk debate is one of the great arguments in modern medical history and will not be recapitulated here).
Mr. Sabin smiled a curious smile, and lit a cigarette from the open box before him.
“A fairly well hit ball, I think, Dumayne,” Mr. Sabin remarked.
Mr. Sabin was on the point of asking another question, but Wolfenden interrupted him.
Mr. Sabin had thrown several balls upon the green, and was practising long putts.
He has ceased now, I suppose,” Mr. Sabin remarked, “to take much interest in the matter?
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