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.

   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^[1], 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^[2], 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^[3], volume 20, Colorado Bar Association, page 1835:

     A perfectly healthy child of three months is taken in for a routine compulsory DPT vaccine.