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DPT vaccine

(medicine, chiefly, US) Any publicly administered vaccine comprising a combination of vaccines against diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(medicine, chiefly, US) Any publicly administered vaccine comprising a combination of vaccines against diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus.

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.
Origin: Initialism of diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus + vaccine. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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