A bruce sabin
[sey-bin] /ˈseɪ bɪn/
noun
albert bruce, 1906–93, u.s. physician, born in poland: developed sabin vaccine.
sabin
/ˈsæbɪn; ˈseɪ-/
noun
(physics) a unit of acoustic absorption equal to the absorption resulting from one square foot of a perfectly absorbing surface
word origin
c20: introduced by wallace c. sabine (1868–1919), us physicist
sabin
/ˈseɪbɪn/
noun
albert bruce. 1906–93, us microbiologist, born in poland. he developed the sabin vaccine (1955), taken orally to immunize against poliomyelitis
sabin
in reference to polio vaccine, 1955, from name of russian-born u.s. microbiologist albert b. sabin (1906-1993).
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).
sabin
(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.
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