Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mmr vaccine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables: mm-r -vac-cine
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A combination vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella.

Example Sentences

"At issue is the so-called MMR vaccine, which immunizes children against measles, mumps and rubella, three potentially deadly diseases that were once common and have been mostly wiped out."

Etymology

An initialism of measles, mumps, rubella + vaccine.

Inflected Forms

MMR vaccines (plural)

Derived Forms

MMR

Synonyms

MMR

Questions

What does mmr vaccine mean?: A combination vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella.
Where does mmr vaccine come from?: An initialism of measles, mumps, rubella + vaccine.

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