st.k (10/1998): There is no single term for "nurse," as distinguished from "physician's assistant." Voragh's suggestions (Qel boQ "doctor's aide," HaqwI' boQ "surgeon's aide") are fine and both could be used. Qov's suggestion, QelHom, consisting of Qel "doctor" plus the diminutive suffix -Hom, is also an acceptable form (and is an excellent illustration of the diminutive suffix - the word means "not quite a doctor" or "lesser doctor" or the like). Another word sometimes applied to the person a Federation patient might refer to as a "nurse" is rachwI'. The verb rach has been translated variously as "invigorate", "fortify", and "strengthen". Thus rachwI' ... is an "invigorator, fortifier, strengthener". PUN: Nurse Ratchett from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". SEE ALSO: ghojmoq *ghojmok* (nurse, nanny, governess) (n) Sev bandage (n) Hergh medicine (n) rIq be injured (n) rop be sick, be ill (v) pIvHa' be unhealthy (v) ngej infect (v) 'oy' ache, hurt, be sore (v) bech suffer (v) vul be unconscious (v) pIv be healthy (v) SaH care for, be concerned about (v) Qorgh take care of, care for [objects?] (v) rIQ be injured (v) QID wound (v)