J is for Jab

All of these are alternative names for the medication that goes into your arm to prevent you getting seriously ill...

• injection
• vaccine
• vaccination
• inoculation
• shot (informal)
• jab (British, informal)
• jag (informal)
• hypo (from the term 'hypospray' used in Star Trek; a 23rd Century medical device which didn't penetrate the skin. It was invented because 1960's TV executives weren't allowed to show needles in the show. Hence characters might encourage the doctors to 'hypo me')