Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dpt_vaccine

1 sense of dpt vaccine

Sense 1
DPT vaccine -- (abbreviation for combination vaccine against diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus toxoids; usually given in a series of injections in early childhood)
       => vaccine, vaccinum -- (immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies)