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Gardasil

Gardasil

4 5.1
A vaccine that protects against some types of HPV that can cause cancer and other diseases
  • proper noun
  • /ˈɡɑrdəˌsɪl/
  • Specialized
: Gardasil
  • Research is now being done on using Gardasil in older females.
  • Gardasil vaccine
  • Gardasil HPV vaccine
  • Gardasil protects

She spoke out and her main issue was that the data showed Gardasil lasted only five years.

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Examples

  • Rick Perry admits that he was wrong to mandate Gardasil vaccinations.

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  • Merck, the manufacturer of the Gardasil vaccine, knew about this.

  • I was ready to throw a party when I learned that Gardasil had been approved.

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  • Yeah, I had all three Gardasil shots.

  • I just realized how long ago Gardasil has been around, but my daughter received them about four years ago.

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  • All right, so let's start by talking about your life before Gardasil.

  • So she had a baseline physical, but it was also the same day she got her second vaccination of Gardasil.

  • The Gardasil vaccine is among the most injurious of any vaccination that's ever been manufactured in the United States.

  • The national program there uses Gardasil—a similar vaccine that offers additional protection against genital warts.

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  • The HPV vaccine, Gardasil, helps prevent cervical cancer in women.

Synonyms

vaccine
vsGardasil
  • Specialized
462 2.8

A medicine given to make the body build protection against a disease

is a brand name label for one specific type of that substance
vax
vsGardasil
  • Informal
5 7.1

A short informal word for a shot that protects you from a virus

is the formal brand name for a specific marketed product

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Gardasil is a brand name made to sound like guard ('to protect') plus a medical-sounding ending -sil. So a simple way to remember it is that Gardasil is a vaccine that 'guards' you against certain types of HPV that can cause cancer.