Splinter

A splinter was a fragment of a substance, usually wood, that became subcutaneously lodged in an individual's body.
In 2259, while under the influence of a subspace fold, Christine Chapel and Joseph M'Benga sang about someone visiting sickbay with a splinter. That day, their mundane work also included treating a headache and a left ankle sprain. ()
In 2268, when attempting to express the immense difficulty of performing surgery to replace the Vulcan's brain in his skull, Spock said that he would trust Doctor McCoy to remove a splinter or lance a boil but not to attempt such a complicated procedure. ()
In 2372, while showing some Drayans around 's sickbay, The Doctor assured First Prelate Alcia that they could perform "a wide variety of treatments here, from removing a splinter to re-sequencing the base pairs in a strand of DNA". ()
== See also ==
* Foreign body
* Splinter group
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Category:Medical conditions