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DPT VACCINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does DPT vaccine mean? 

DPT VACCINE (noun)
  The noun DPT VACCINE has 1 sense:

1. abbreviation for combination vaccine against diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus toxoids; usually given in a series of injections in early childhoodplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


DPT VACCINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Abbreviation for combination vaccine against diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus toxoids; usually given in a series of injections in early childhood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("DPT vaccine" is a kind of...):

vaccine; vaccinum (immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies)


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