DPT vaccine
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Etymology
Initialism of diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus + vaccine.
Noun
DPT vaccine (plural DPT vaccines)
- (medicine, chiefly US) Any publicly administered vaccine comprising a combination of vaccines against diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus.
- Synonyms: DPT, DTP, DTP vaccine, DTwP, DTwP vaccine
- Hyponyms: DTaP, DTaP vaccine, Tdap, (variants where the pertussis component is acellular) Tdap vaccine
- 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:
- 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.