| sabin vaccine | Oral Polio virus Vaccine (OPV). The polio virus in opv is attenuated (weakened). The sabin vaccine is named after the american virologist albert sabin. See immunization, polio. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Sabin, Albert | <person> Polish-U.S. Virologist, 1906-1993. See: Sabin vaccine, Sabin-Feldman dye test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sabin-Feldman dye test | A method for the detection of anti-toxoplasma antibody in serum, based on the fact that Toxoplasma gondii cells (from peritoneal exudate in mice) are fairly well stained with alkaline methylene blue, whereas organisms in a serum that contains specific antibody have no affinity for the dye; furthermore, normal toxoplasma cells become rounded, and the nucleus and cytoplasm deeply stained, when treated with the methylene blue; on the other hand, when dye is mixed with organisms and antibody, the cells retain their crescent shape and only the shrunken nuclear endosome is stained. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sabine | <botany> See Savin. Origin: F, fr. L. Sabina herba, fr. Sabini the Sabines. Cf. Savin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sabinol dehydrogenase | <enzyme> Enzyme from sage (salvia officinalis) and tansy (tana cetum vulgare) converts (+)-cis-sabinol to (+)-sabinone Registry number: EC 1.1.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |