Terminology used in medicine and other settings.

Good health[]

Clean bill of health[]

• See: Clean bill of health

Fit as a fiddle[]

To be fit as a fiddle meant to be healthy and spry.

When Vantica was possessing Bashir, he described the latter's body as fit as a fiddle. (VOY: "The Passenger")

Healthy as a horse/Rigelian ox/targ[]

To be healthy as a horse, a Rigelian ox, or a targ meant to be in perfect health.

McCoy described Kirk as being as healthy as "the proverbial horse", with the exception of several bruises. (TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday")

Kareen Brianon described Ira Graves as being unwell and mentally unstable, but Graves countered that he was as healthy as a Rigelian ox. Later, when his personality was inhabiting Data's body, he used the same expression. (TNG: "The Schizoid Man")

After curing T'Greth of his nehret, the EMH described him as being as healthy as a targ. (VOY: "Prophecy")

In the pink[]

To be in the pink was to be in extremely good condition.

In 2269, when Leonard McCoy was giving a physical to James T. Kirk, whose body was then inhabited by the mind of Janice Lester, he noted that all of Kirk's organs were healthy, and declared the captain to be in the pink. (TOS: "Turnabout Intruder")

On one's feet[]

To be on one's feet meant to have recovered from a disease or injury.

McCoy told Kirk that Spock would remain in command until Kirk, who had been attacked, was back on his feet. (TOS: "Journey to Babel")

After two Antedians woke from stasis, Pulaski noted that they were on their feet. (TNG: "Manhunt")

When Bashir was treating Bareil, who had previously been declared dead, he hoped that Bareil would be back on his feet within several weeks. Sisko responded, "You say that so calmly, but it's not every doctor that can lose a patient and then have him back on his feet in a few weeks". (DS9: "Life Support")

When Bashir treated Kurn for a stab wound, he stated that Kurn would be on his feet by the next morning. (DS9: "Sons of Mogh")

After Keiko was in an accident, Bashir noted that she would be on her feet within the next two days. (DS9: "Body Parts")

When Odo was unwell, Sisko hoped that he would be back on his feet soon. (DS9: "Broken Link")

Bashir promised O'Brien that Keiko, who had been injured due to the Pah-Wraith that was possessing her pushing her off the Promenade balcony, would be back on her feet soon. (DS9: "The Assignment")

Sanders recounted a time when the Maquis had damaged his ship, and by the time he and his crew were on their feet again, three Maquis raiders emerged from the plasma field. (DS9: "For the Uniform")

Weyoun wanted to limit convoys to things that would help the Cardassian economy get back on its feet. (DS9: "Call to Arms")

When Molly, who had become a feral young woman due to a temporal anomaly, stabbed a Tarkalean man, Bashir told Sisko that the man would be on his feet within several days. (DS9: "Time's Orphan")

Out of the woods[]

Out of the woods mean one's condition had improved.

In 2367, Dr. Crusher informed Picard that a cove palm parasite-afflicted Willie Potts was out of the woods. (TNG: "Brothers")

The picture of health[]

Pull through[]

To pull through meant to recover from a disease or injury.

Neema pulled through after contracting Rugalan fever at age six. (DS9: "Nor the Battle to the Strong")

Right as rain[]

Sound in wind and limb[]

To be sound in wind and limb was to be healthy in breath and body.

In 2266, Doctor McCoy used this phrase to tell Charles Evans he was perfectly healthy. (TOS: "Charlie X")

Bad health[]

(At) death's door[]

To be at death's door was to be close to dying.

In 2263 of the alternate reality, Leonard McCoy commented on the his disbelief at a wounded Spock's quote, ("The miserable have no other medicine but only hope") noting, "Death's door and he's quoting Shakespeare."' (Star Trek Beyond)

Burning up[]

To be burning up was to be running a fever.

Geordi felt as though he were burning up when he contracted polywater intoxication. (TNG: "The Naked Now")

Knock the wind out of (someone)[]

To knock the wind out of (someone) was to strike someone in the chest with such force that they were unable to breathe normally for a short period of time.

In 2152, when working on a Suliban cell ship, Trip Tucker made a mistake that threw him back from the device he was working on. He said he was alright, "just got the wind knocked out of [him]." (ENT: "The Communicator")

In 2373, Crewman Amaro reminisced about the first time he sparred with Stolzoff. She took him down so hard it "knocked the wind out of" him. (DS9: "Empok Nor")

Sick as a dog/vole[]

To be sick as a dog or sick as a vole meant to be unwell.

Whatley described Duarte as being sick as a vole. (DS9: "The Assignment")

Under the weather[]

Winded[]

To be winded is to be out of breath or tired.

In 2266, during his regular quarterly physical examination, Doctor McCoy asked Captain Kirk if the test exercise had tired him by asking if he was "winded." (TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver")

Other[]

A taste of your own medicine[]

Used to describe giving someone the same bad treatment they had been giving you. (VOY: "Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy"; DIS: "Rubicon")

Bedside manner[]

• See: Bedside manner

Bloody nose[]

Describes doing something that embarrasses or inconveniences an organization. (TOS: "The Galileo Seven", TNG: "Q Who", DS9: "Shakaar", "In the Pale Moonlight")

Bruised ego/feelings[]

Bruised feelings were feelings of offense or slight, while bruised ego was a feeling of inferiority.

When Data corrected Pulaski on the pronunciation of her name, she wondered if he was capable of bruised feelings despite being an android. (TNG: "The Child")

Deanna Troi described defeat as ego-bruising. (TNG: "Peak Performance")

Ears (are) burning[]

Said to happen to someone who is being discussed by another.

In 2259 of the alternate reality, after discussing his and Nyota Uhura's respective conflicts with Spock while riding the turbolift, James T. Kirk encountered the Vulcan just as he entered the bridge, prompting him to ask Spock if his ears were burning. (Star Trek Into Darkness)

Happiness pill[]

• See: Happiness pill

Headache[]

Describes something that is frustrating and liable to bring on a headache.

Kirk described a diplomatic rigmarole with the Klingons as a headache, even going to sickbay for it. (TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles")

Keiko described it as a headache when she was assigned to study some populatoins of Cardilia, but they had unusual polymorphisms. (TNG: "Night Terrors")

When Bashir was examining a replicant of Miles O'Brien who thought he was the real O'Brien, he asked if he was getting a headache. The replicant replied that he had a severe headache, referring to his frustration with Bashir's prodding. (DS9: "Whispers")

House call[]

Meaning a doctor visiting a patient's home.

McCoy declared that he would never make a house call on Spock. (TOS: "The Deadly Years")

Later, he declared that he did not make house calls at all. (TOS: "The Enterprise Incident")

Just what the doctor ordered[]

Means a solution that is exactly what is needed.

Sulu jokingly described a shore leave planet as being just what the doctor ordered to McCoy, who was a doctor himself. Later, McCoy repeated the idiom. (TOS: "Shore Leave")

Myopic[]

Old fart[]

Pain in the ass/neck[]

Used to describe something or someone that was annoying. (ENT: "Singularity", "Shadows of P'Jem", "These Are The Voyages...", TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II", VOY: "Revulsion", Star Trek Into Darkness)

Road to recovery[]

Describes the process of recuperation as being like a road one traveled to get there. (VOY: "Imperfection")

Under (close) observation[]

Being monitored by a doctor as opposed to self-managing one's care. (ENT: "Anomaly (ENT)", "Exile", TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before", "The Menagerie, Part I", TNG: "The Nth Degree", "Aquiel", DS9: "Inquisition", VOY: "Meld")

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