ORAL POLIOVIRUS VACCINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oral poliovirus vaccine mean? 

• ORAL POLIOVIRUS VACCINE (noun)
  The noun ORAL POLIOVIRUS VACCINE has 1 sense:

1. an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis

  Familiarity information: ORAL POLIOVIRUS VACCINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORAL POLIOVIRUS VACCINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

OPV; oral poliovirus vaccine; Sabin vaccine; TOPV; trivalent live oral poliomyelitis vaccine

Hypernyms ("oral poliovirus vaccine" is a kind of...):

poliovirus vaccine (vaccine prepared from poliovirus to provide immunity to poliomyelitis)