vaccine : Idioms & Phrases

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dpt vaccine

  • noun abbreviation for combination vaccine against diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus toxoids; usually given in a series of injections in early childhood
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oral poliovirus vaccine

  • noun an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
    oral poliovirus vaccine; TOPV; OPV; Sabin vaccine.
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pneumococcal vaccine

  • noun vaccine (trade name Pneumovax) effective against the 23 most common strains of pneumococcus
    Pneumovax.
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poliovirus vaccine

  • noun vaccine prepared from poliovirus to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
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proteosome vaccine

  • noun a form of vaccine that can be administered by an inhaler
    proteosome.
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sabin vaccine

  • noun an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
    oral poliovirus vaccine; TOPV; OPV; Sabin vaccine.
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salk vaccine

  • noun a poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
    IPV.
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trivalent live oral poliomyelitis vaccine

  • noun an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
    oral poliovirus vaccine; TOPV; OPV; Sabin vaccine.
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variola vaccine

  • noun a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar
    variola vaccina; vaccina; variola vaccinia; vaccinia.
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