Noted virologist (5 letters)

{ Answer }

SABIN

{ Related Clues }

___ vaccine
Acoustic unit
Antipolio pioneer
Polio fighter
Polio pioneer
Salk colleague
Salk contemporary
Vaccine developer
Vaccine name
Vaccine pioneer
Discoverer of a polio vaccine
Noted research physician
Oral vaccine developer
Oral-vaccine man
Polio vaccine developer
Polio-vaccine man
Polio vaccine pioneer
Albert with a National Medal of Science
Noted name in polio research
Polio was his target

{ Tags }

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{ Notes }

The answer SABIN is uncommon, appearing about once every 425 puzzles.

{ Definition }

SABIN as a noun:

1. a unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound

2. (Sabin, Albert Sabin, Albert Bruce Sabin) = United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis (born 1906)