measles virus vaccine

measles virus vaccine definition - medical

measles virus vaccine

noun
A vaccine containing live attenuated strains of measles virus prepared in chick embryo cell cultures and used to immunize against measles.

The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.