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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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S is for Smell

You smell things with your nose. dogs and cats have much better senses of smell than people do. People can only smell very strong smells, like cooking food.

S is for Sneeze

A sneeze is a sudden explosion of air from your nose and mouth. You usually sneeze if something tickles the inside of your nose, or if you have a cold.
It is a good idea to cover your nose and mouth when you sneeze, like the man in the picture. A lot of mucous can come out when you sneeze and can travel a long way. If you are sick, you can make other people sick by sneezing near them.

S is for Snot

Snot is the thick, wet mucus that comes out of your nose. You get a lot more snot if you have a cold or flu or if you have allergies.

S is for Snout

A snout is the front part of an animal's face, where its nose and mouth are. The term snout is usually given to the snout of a pig.

S is for Snuff

Snuff is powdered tobacco leaves, designed to be sniffed through the nose. Snuff was much more popular in the past than it is today. Most people today smoke cigarettes rather than sniff tobacco.
Snuff was carried around by people in their pockets in small, airtight snuff boxes, which ranged from simple wooden boxes like in the picture to quite elaborate and expensive jewelled boxes.

S is for Sole

The sole is the bottom of your shoe or the bottom of your foot.

S is for Spine

Your spine, or vertebral column is the row of bones that runs along the centre of your back. Your spine is made of lots of small bones called vertebra.

S is for Spleen

The spleen is an organ located inside the abdomen. The spleen is part of the immune system, and its job is to filter old and abnormal blood cells from the blood stream.

S is for Splinter

A splinter is a tiny piece of wood that is sharp at one end. You can get splinters in your hands if you work with splintery wood without gloves on.
St John's wort is a small plant that is widely used as an effective treatment for depression. It has escaped in many countries and is listed as a noxious weed. The effects that make it so useful against depression are bad when eaten by livestock, as it affects the nervous system, causes light sensitivity and can cause miscarriage and even death in large enough doses.

S is for Sterile

A plant or animal is sterile if it cannot produce offspring. Something that has no living things on it or that cannot sustain living things is also called sterile. Medical equipment is usually provided in sealed packets that keep it sterile.
Another word for sterile is barren. The opposite of sterile is fertile.

S is for Stethoscope

A stethoscope is a device that doctors and nurses use to listen to sounds inside you. Stethoscopes are most often used to listen to your heart beat, or listen to you breathe.

S is for Stomach

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.

S is for Stubble

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.

S is for Sunburn

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.

S is for Suntan

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.

S is for Surgeon

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.

S is for Surgery

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.

S is for Swab

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.