MMR

abbreviation for

measles, mumps, and rubella: a combined vaccine given to young children

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Contemporary Examples of mmr

Colorado had the lowest rates with 81.7 percent for MMR; 80.9 percent for DTaP; and 81.7 percent for varicella.
Mississippi: Last In Everything, First In Vaccinations
Brandy Zadrozny
October 17, 2014
A CDC scientist says he and his colleagues hid research regarding the MMR vaccine and autism.
Anti-Vaxxers Have a New Hero
Russell Saunders
September 1, 2014
It also notes that further studies and reviews have found no relationship between the MMR vaccine and autism.
Anti-Vaxxers Have a New Hero
Russell Saunders
September 1, 2014
After all the rigmarole, they found what any pediatrician already knew: the MMR causes fever.
Another Blow to Anti-Vaxxers’ Fortress of Pseudoscience
Kent Sepkowitz
July 2, 2014
It is currently administered as one of the components of the MMR vaccine (along with measles and rubella).
Thanks to Anti-Vaxxers, Mumps Are Back. What’s Next?
Russell Saunders
March 20, 2014

Historical Examples of mmr

A liquid would have given the unstable or unpronounceable combinations mnr, mlr, mrr, mmr.
The English Language
Robert Gordon Latham

mmr in Medicine

MMR

abbr.

measles, mumps, rubella vaccine

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