I got a jab
I got an injection (from a doctor)
TRANSLATION
jab [coll.] = die Impfung flu jab [Brit.] [coll.] [med.] = die Grippeschutzimpfung to jab = stechen; stoßen jab [sport.] = die Führhand
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
One 'cure all' flu jab for life
Scientists are making a vaccine that could give lifelong protection against all types of flu in a single jab.
Currently, at risk people in the UK - the elderly and ill - need annual flu jabs, and there is no jab available yet guaranteed to beat bird flu.
Biotechnology firm Acambis, in Cambridge, the UK, says it hopes its jab will target numerous mutations that presently allow flu to evade attack.
(BBC News - 5th August 2005)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4747909.stm
Scientists are making a vaccine that could give lifelong protection against all types of flu in a single jab.
Currently, at risk people in the UK - the elderly and ill - need annual flu jabs, and there is no jab available yet guaranteed to beat bird flu.
Biotechnology firm Acambis, in Cambridge, the UK, says it hopes its jab will target numerous mutations that presently allow flu to evade attack.
(BBC News - 5th August 2005)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4747909.stm
Did you
know?
jab (British)
An injection usually administered by a doctor or nurse.
General meanings:
jab (noun)
1: a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger";
2: a quick short straight punch
3: the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow; "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs" [syn: dig]
jab (verb)
1: poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" [syn: prod, stab, poke, dig]
2: strike or punch quick and short blows
3: stab or pierce; "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife" [syn: stab]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
An injection usually administered by a doctor or nurse.
General meanings:
jab (noun)
1: a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger";
2: a quick short straight punch
3: the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow; "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs" [syn: dig]
jab (verb)
1: poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" [syn: prod, stab, poke, dig]
2: strike or punch quick and short blows
3: stab or pierce; "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife" [syn: stab]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
