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MMR vaccine

MMR vaccine noun: a combination vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella.

Noun

MMR vaccine (plural MMR vaccines)

  1. A combination vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella.
    • At issue is the so-called MMR vaccine, which immunizes children against measles, mumps and rubella, three potentially deadly diseases that were once common and have been mostly wiped out.2002 February 10, Sarah Lyall, “Britain Tries to Quell Fear Over Vaccine for Children”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2021
    Synonyms:
    MMR

Synonyms of MMR vaccine

Forms of MMR vaccine

pluralMMR vaccines

Origin of MMR vaccine

An initialism of measles, mumps, rubella + vaccine.

Words formed from MMR vaccine

Questions about MMR vaccine

What does MMR vaccine mean?
MMR vaccine means a combination vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella.
What part of speech is MMR vaccine?
MMR vaccine is a noun.
What is the plural of MMR vaccine?
The plural of MMR vaccine is MMR vaccines.

Words near MMR vaccine in the dictionary

  1. mmphs
  2. MMPI
  3. MMPs
  4. MMQ
  5. MMR
  6. MMR vaccine
  7. MMR vaccines
  8. MMRCS
  9. MMRDA
  10. MMRs
  11. MMRV

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