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Medical conditions and body parts. But nothing good enough to self-diagnose with, just the basics!

Subcategories: Body parts (199), Phobias (6), Senses (5), Substances (22)

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Sis forStomach

Your stomach is an organ where your food first goes when you eat. The general area of your body where your stomach is can also be called your stomach, belly or tummy.
Stretch marks are small lines that appear on the skin of people whose bodies have gone through a rapid change, such as growth, pregnancy or weight gain. Stretch marks are usually pink or purple when they appear and fade to silver or white after time passes.

Sis forStubble

Stubble is the short stalks left when a crop like wheat has been harvested. Stubble is also used to describe other things that look like grain stubble, like the short hair on a man's chin that you can see a little while after he has shaved.

Sis forSunburn

Sunburn is a type of burn that you get when you spend too much time in the sun without wearing sunscreen. Bad sunburn can be extremely painful, and can make your skin blister and peel. You treat sunburn the same way as any other minor burn, with special burn creams and even anaesthetic sprays. Too much exposure to the sun makes your skin age early and become dry and wrinkly, and can give you skin cancer.

Sis forSuntan

When you go out in the sun, you can get sunburnt. Pale skin is more likely to burn than dark skin. Your skin tries to protect itself from the sun by producing melanin, which makes your skin darker. We call this a suntan. The people in the picture have darker skin where the sun has been shining on their skin, and paler skin where it was protected by their shoes.

Sis forSurgeon

Someone who performs surgery is a surgeon. Surgeons start off as standard doctors but take additional training and specialize in the area of surgery. It takes a very long time to become a surgeon.

Sis forSurgery

Surgery is a means of making people better by cutting into them and fixing what is wrong with them inside. Someone who performs surgery is a surgeon.

Sis forSwab

A swab is a tool used to clean or wipe something. Swabs are usually made of cotton attached to wooden or cardboard sticks when intended for use on the body.

Sis forSweat

When you are very hot or have been doing a lot of exercise, you sweat. Sweat is a salty liquid that comes out of your skin. When air blows across the sweat it evaporates and dries out, and as this happens it cools you off.

Sis forSwollen

Something is swollen if it is larger than it should be. Body parts that are swollen are usually filled with fluid, and can be very painful. The man in the picture has a swollen ankle.

Sis forSyringe

A syringe is a device that is used for putting a measured quantity of fluid into something else. Syringes are often, but not always, fitted with a sharp, hollow point at one end for injecting liquids into things.
Syringes can be used for things as diverse as feeding baby animals, or for injecting medicine into you.

Tis forTablet

Tablets, also called pills or capsules depending on their shape, are small objects that you swallow.
Tablets usually have something like medicine in them that makes you better. People most often take pills to stop a headache, or to stop them being sick.

Tis forTail

Most animals have tails - people and apes don't. A tail is just an extension of the animal's backbone. Animals use their tails to communicate - dogs wag their tails when they are happy, cats wave their tails when they are angry and put their tails straight up to say "hello".
Animals like cows and horses use their tails to swat flies away. The kangaroo has a big, heavy tail that it uses to balance itself when it hops.

Tis forTalon

A talon is a claw, particularly on a bird of prey such as a hawk or eagle.

Tis forTaste

You taste things with your tongue. Food can taste sweet, sour, bitter or salty. Most people like the taste of sweet things best.

Tis forTears

When you are very sad or upset, you cry. When you cry, tears come out of your eyes. If you taste your tears, they are salty.

Tis forTeat

Teat is another word for nipple, particularly on a female animal with babies. Teats are where milk comes from, to feed baby animals.
Your temples are on the sides of your head, near your eyes. When people have a headache they often feel it in their temples and will press them to help with the pain.

Tis forTentacle

Tentacles are long, flexible parts of some animals that are used for reaching, moving and for collecting food. Octopus, squid and anemones all have tentacles.

Tis forThigh

Your thigh is the thickest part of your leg, above your knees.
Not to be confused with Thai.