Meanings
nounMMR vaccine (plural MMR vaccines)
plural MMR vaccines
- medicineA 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 2021Synonyms: MMR
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA combination vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella.
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Origin
An initialism of measles, mumps, rubella + vaccine.
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