1. vaccine (trade name Pneumovax) effective against the 23 most common strains of pneumococcus; [syn: pneumococcal vaccine, Pneumovax]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pneumococcal vaccine
n 1: vaccine (trade name Pneumovax) effective against the 23
most common strains of pneumococcus [syn: pneumococcal
vaccine, Pneumovax]