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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. (SNW: "Subspace Rhapsody")

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. (TOS: "Spock's Brain")

In 2372, while showing some Drayans around USS Voyager'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". (VOY: "Innocence")

In a cut line from the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season episode "Justice", after crashing into the greenhouse, Wesley Crusher tells the Mediators he is fine other than some splinters. [1]

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