Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dpt vaccine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.38 in modern English

Syllables: dp-t -vac-cine
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any publicly administered vaccine comprising a combination of vaccines against diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus.

American usage

Example Sentences

"Even though it may have held about 50 percent of the market with a product that was reputed to be safer than the other DPT vaccines available, Lilly was willing to sacrifice Trisolgen."
"Pursuant to the court's Order, the FDA attempted to satisfy Kyle's additional requests for a variety of documents, including documents relating to the manufacture of DPT vaccine."
"A perfectly healthy child of three months is taken in for a routine compulsory DPT vaccine."

Etymology

Initialism of diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus + vaccine.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

DPT vaccines (plural) DPT-vaccine (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

DTaP vaccine

Synonyms

DPT DTP DTP vaccine DTwP DTwP vaccine

Questions

What does dpt vaccine mean?: Any publicly administered vaccine comprising a combination of vaccines against diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus.
Where does dpt vaccine come from?: Initialism of diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus + vaccine.

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