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

1 sense of pneumococcal vaccine

Sense 1
pneumococcal vaccine, Pneumovax -- (vaccine (trade name Pneumovax) effective against the 23 most common strains of pneumococcus)
       => vaccine, vaccinum -- (immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies)