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DPPT

DPPT is the initialism of diphtheria.

Meaning of diphtheria

Noun

diphtheria (countable and uncountable, plural diphtherias)

  1. A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
    • Today diphtheria has become so rare — just five cases in the United States in the most recent decade measured — that many doctors would struggle to recognize it.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 377

Proper noun capitalized: DPPt

DPPt

  1. (abbreviation, slang) Abbreviation of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum.
    Synonyms:
    DPP

Synonyms of DPPT

Origin of DPPT

From the initials of Diamond, Pearl and Pt, the chemical symbol for Platinum.

Questions about DPPT

What is DPPT the initialism of?
DPPT is the initialism of diphtheria.
What part of speech is DPPT?
DPPT is a proper noun.

Words near DPPT in the dictionary

  1. dppeO
  2. DPPO
  3. DPPP
  4. DPPPs
  5. DPPs
  6. DPPT
  7. DPR
  8. DPR Korea
  9. DPRAM
  10. DPRFP
  11. DPRK

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Adapted from Wiktionary: DPPT (page history and authors); DPPt (page history and authors); diphtheria (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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