Noun
English: vaccine
Source: Message from Maltz
Category: medical terms
KLCP Level: 3
Notes
Maltz thought that javtIm raS'IS could be used for "vaccine," adding that it's really a shortened form of javtIm ngeb raS'IS but, in context, nobody gets confused (except anti-vaxxers). Use of the term raS'IS is a holdover from ancient forms of medicine.
For administering the vaccine, you still hear the verb poch, as in javtIm raS'IS poch Qel. One could also say javtIm raS'IS pochmeH Hergh QaywI' lo' Qel. But it's more common to say simply javtIm raS'IS Qay Qel, since, in a medical context, the verb Qay normally implies that a Hergh QaywI' was involved.
Usage for javtIm raS'IS
There is no usage for this word in the database.
