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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 Sweat

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.

S is for Swollen

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.

S is for Syringe

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.

T is for Tablet

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.

T is for Tail

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.

T is for Talon

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

T is for Taste

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

T is for Tears

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.

T is for Teat

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.

T is for Tentacle

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.

T is for Thigh

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

T is for Throat

Your throat is the tube inside your neck that leads to your stomach.

T is for Thumb

You have four fingers on your hand and one thumb. You use your hands to hold things.

T is for Tobacco

Tobacco is a plant used worldwide as a legal recreational drug. It is also used to make pesticides. Tobacco is most commonly taken by smoking it in cigarettes, cigars or in a pipe but it can also be chewed or snuffed.
Most tobacco is grown in China, India, Brazil and the United States.

T is for Toe

You have five toes on each foot. Toes help you to walk and run. If you stand on your toes, you are taller and you can see more.

T is for Toenail

Your toenails are the hard, flat things on the tops of your toes. They help protect your toes from damage. Toenails grow much more slowly than fingernails.

T is for Tongue

Your tongue is a very strong muscle inside your mouth. It is covered in taste buds which let you taste your food. Your tongue is very important for talking with, and of course you can use it for making faces at people!

T is for Tonsil

Tonsils are glands located right at the back of your mouth. They are part of your immune system. When you get sick, often your tonsils get sore and swollen.

T is for Tooth

Teeth are the hard, white things in your mouth. Most animals have teeth, but birds and insects don't. Teeth are used for biting, tearing and chewing food. Once you are about five years old, you start to lose your baby teeth, one at a time, over several years.