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DPT

DPT

1 3.1
A vaccine that protects against diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus
  • noun
  • /diː piː tiː/
translation icon : vacuna DPT
  • Many parents choose the DPT vaccine to help keep their children safe from serious diseases.
  • DPT vaccine
  • DPT shot

Examples

  • Joanna, eyes wide with surprise as she gets her first DPT shot.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • You can see here that diphtheria, typhoid and whooping cough, also known as pertussis, declined quickly due to the DPT vaccine we give children.

  • Also by 2008, Afghan children were being immunized against diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus (DPT) at the same rate as children in the rest of the world and at a higher rate than in the rest of South Asia.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The DPT vaccine protects children against diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus.

  • When my son went to the doctor, he received his DPT shot without any side effects.

Synonyms

Tdap
vsDPT
  • Specialized
1 4.6

A vaccine that protects against tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough

emphasizes the same disease protection but gives no age or series detail
DPT vaccine
vsDPT
  • Specialized
3.6

A vaccine that protects children against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus

is the same vaccine but not described as typically given to children

Compounds

DPT vaccine
  • Specialized
3.6

A vaccine that protects children against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus

Surface Forms

DPT singular
DPTs plural

Morphology

DPT = D + P + T

An initialism: the letters 'D', 'P', 'T' are not productive English morphemes and do not convey meaning unless the learner knows the full expansion (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus vaccine).

Etymology

DPT stands for the three diseases diphtheria, pertussis 'whooping cough', and tetanus, and the name comes from joining the first letters of those disease names. That's why the DPT vaccine is the shot that protects against all three illnesses.