Immunologic Factor
measles vaccine
mea·sles vac·cine [ mee-zuh lz vak-seen, vak-seen, -sin ]
Subclass of:
Viral Vaccines
Definitions related to measles vaccine:
  • A live attenuated virus vaccine of chick embryo origin, used for routine immunization of children and for immunization of adolescents and adults who have not had measles or been immunized with live measles vaccine and have no serum antibodies against measles. Children are usually immunized with measles-mumps-rubella combination vaccine. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Vaccine used to induce immunity against measles virus.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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