Fwd: [SOAPM] titers to evaluate vaccines

[Michael McKernan]

Or, perhaps, simply a typo for "dig."

Michael McKernan
Benson, Arizona

At 2/24/2012 02:19 PM, Dan Nussbaum wrote:
> >Is this a new use for the word "gig?" Also is it pronounced guig or jig?
>
> I think it's simply a mistake for "jig" -- "To move up and down or to
> and fro with a rapid jerky motion."  OED 2.a.  See also
> "jiggle".  (Makes sense if "lood" below should be "blood".)
>
> Joel
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Christoph Diasio <cdiasio at GMAIL.COM>
> >To: SOAPM <SOAPM at LISTSERV.AAP.ORG>
> >Sent: Fri, Feb 24, 2012 10:42 am
> >Subject: Re: [SOAPM] titers to evaluate vaccines
> >
> >
> >I think you are correct- AND it is much less painful to get another
> >ound of vaccines than gig around in a small child's arm to get enough
> >lood to run titers....
> >Christoph
> >
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