Salk

/sɔlk/
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Other forms: Salks

Definitions of Salk
  1. noun
    United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914)
    synonyms: Jonas Edward Salk, Jonas Salk
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    virologist
    a specialist in virology
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