MMR
- measles, mumps, and rubella: a combined vaccine given to young children
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Contemporary Examples
Colorado had the lowest rates with 81.7 percent for MMR; 80.9 percent for DTaP; and 81.7 percent for varicella.
A CDC scientist says he and his colleagues hid research regarding the MMR vaccine and autism.
It also notes that further studies and reviews have found no relationship between the MMR vaccine and autism.
After all the rigmarole, they found what any pediatrician already knew: the MMR causes fever.
It is currently administered as one of the components of the MMR vaccine (along with measles and rubella).
Historical Examples
A liquid would have given the unstable or unpronounceable combinations mnr, mlr, mrr, mmr.
The English LanguageRobert Gordon Latham
MMR
- measles, mumps, rubella vaccine
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