[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: woj

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: woj
Part of speech: verb
Definition: sterilize
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Published in HQ 1.3:9 and first published in {veS QonoS} 1990 -  the newsletter of Mortas-Te-Kaase, a defunct Klingon fan club -  with other medical vocabulary:

Hergh QaywI'  		pneumatic hypo, hypo-spray (n)
   HerghwI'  		   [short form] (n) 
muvwI'  		suture (n)
   tuj muvwI'  		   thermo-suture (n)
roSHa'moH  		paralyze (v)
yatlh  			be pregnant (v)
'uD Haqtaj  		laser scalpel (n)
   'uD'a'  		   laser (n)

SEE:
Say'  			be clean (v)
Say'moH  		wash (v)
Say'moHwI' tlhagh  	soap (n)

SEE ALSO:
lam 			be dirty (v)
lamHa'choHmoH 	get something cleaned (v)

watlh 			be pure (v)
nIt 			be plain, pure, uncorrupted, unsullied (v)

TREK TRIVIA:
  Fleet Admiral Krell threatened to sterilize (i.e. wipe out) Qu'Vat Colony after Dr Antaak's experiments with Klingon Augments at the genetic research facility there produced a highly contagious and fatal plague. (ENT "Affliction" & "Divergence")

    The original mission of the alien Tan Ru probe was to gather and sterilize soil samples as a prelude to colonization. By 2267 Earth's Nomad probe’s new mission had become to seek out and sterilize imperfect biological infestations (life forms). (TOS "The Changeling")


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Voragh
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