Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, November 08, 2020 Klingon word: Hergh Part of speech: noun Definition: medicine _______________________________________________ qarDaSQa'Daq ruDelya' rop'a' Hergh qengbogh yo' Dabot. Intercept Rudellian plague relief convoy to Cardassian Union. (MKE) nuqDaq ghaH Hergh ngevwI''e' Where is the chemist? (TNK) CULTURAL NOTES: {Dargh wIb} "sour tea" may be a general heartburn, indigestion or hangover remedy: vaj Dargh wIb DatlhutlhnIS. Hoch vor Dargh wIb. Then you need to drink sour tea. Sour tea cures everything. (CK) TREK TRIVIA: B'Ellana burned some incense in her quarters, a "combination of mental relaxant and expeller of demons. It's an ancient Klingon remedy." (VOY "Nothing Human") Klingon agent Kras told Maab, "What did they [the Federation] give you? Liquids and powders for the sick! We Klingons believe as you do. The sick should die, only the strong should live." (TOS "Friday's Child") SEE: Hergh ngevwI' chemist [i.e. apothecary, pharmacist, druggist] (n) Hergh qengbogh yo' relief convoy (n) Hergh QaywI' pneumatic hypo, hypospray (medical device) (n) HerghwI' "hypo" (n) [medical slang? Cf. HQ 1.3:9 < veS QonoS] nuch Hergh aspirin (n) SEE ALSO ‘enteD drug (n) (qep’a’ 2020 notes): Most {‘enteDmey} are used ritualistically, but recreational use is not unheard of (as with alcohol). -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons