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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A conjugate vaccine administered to immunize children against infection by a rod-shaped, gram-negative bacterium, Haemophilus influenzae type b, which can cause bacterial meningitis and pneumonia.

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