DPT vaccine

English

Alternative forms
  • DPT-vaccine

Etymology

Initialism of diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus + vaccine.

Noun

DPT vaccine (plural DPT vaccines)

  1. (medicine, chiefly US) Any publicly administered vaccine comprising a combination of vaccines against diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus.
    • 1985, Harris Livermore Coulter, Barbara Loe Fisher, DPT: a Shot in the Dark, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, page 302,
      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.
    • 1990, Food, Drug, Cosmetic Law Reporter, Commerce Clearing House, page number not shown,
      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.
    • 1991, Colorado Lawyer, Volume 20, Colorado Bar Association, page 1835,
      A perfectly healthy child of three months is taken in for a routine compulsory DPT vaccine.

Synonyms
  • (vaccine for diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus): DPT, DTP, DTP vaccine, DTwP, DTwP vaccine

Hyponyms
  • (vaccine for diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus): DTaP, DTaP vaccine, Tdap, Tdap vaccine (variants where the pertussis component is acellular)
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