SALK

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• SALK (noun)
  The noun SALK has 1 sense:

1. United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914)

  Familiarity information: SALK used as a noun is very rare.

• SALK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Jonas Edward Salk; Jonas Salk; Salk

Instance hypernyms:

virologist (a specialist in virology)

 Context examples 

Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), the University of Pittsburgh and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies report that the swim and tumble behavior bacteria use to move toward food or away from poisons changes when the bacteria encounter obstacles.

(Bacteria change behavior to tackle tiny obstacle course, National Science Foundation)