Meaning Of The Word Sabin

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Sabin in American English
Albert B(ruce)1906-93; U.S. physician & bacteriologist, born in Russia: developed an oral vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis
the unit for absorption of sound equal to the absorption provided by one square foot of a completely absorbing material
noun: a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface

sabin in British English
noun: a unit of acoustic absorption equal to the absorption resulting from one square foot of a perfectly absorbing surface
noun: 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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