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Kids' Medical Dictionary
Some medical terms can be hard to understand. These easy-to-read definitions can help.
- What Are Abdominals?
- What Are Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injuries?
- What Are Arteries and Veins?
- What Is AIDS?
- What Is Alzheimer's Disease?
- What Is Anorexia Nervosa?
- What Is Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS)?
- What's Addiction?
- What's Aerobic Activity?
- What's Anemia?
- What's Appendicitis?
- What's Arthritis?
- What's Autism?
- What's an Abrasion?
- What's an Abscess?
- What's an Asthma Action Plan?
- What's an Asthma Flare-Up?
- What Are Bacteria?
- What Are Braces?
- What Are Bronchial Tubes?
- What Are Bruises?
- What Are First-Degree Burns?
- What Are Second-Degree Burns?
- What Are Third-Degree Burns?
- What Is Bell's Palsy?
- What Is Blood Pressure?
- What Is Bone Marrow?
- What Is Breast Cancer?
- What's a Blackhead?
- What Are Carbohydrates?
- What Are Chromosomes?
- What Does Chronic Mean?
- What Does Contagious Mean?
- What Is Cellulitis?
- What Is Coxsackievirus?
- What's a Contusion?
- What's a Cyst?
- What Are Depressants?
- What Does Dislocation Mean?
- What Is DNA?
- What Is Down Syndrome?
- What's Dehydration?
- What's Depression?
- What's Dermatitis?
- What's Dyslexia?
- What Is Gastroenteritis?
- What Is a Gait Abnormality?
- What Is a Glycosylated Hemoglobin Test (Hemoglobin A1c)?
- What's Glycogen?
- What's Growth Hormone?
- What Are Hormones?
- What Does Hearing Loss Mean?
- What Is Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease?
- What Is Hemophilia?
- What Is Hydrocortisone?
- What Is Hypothermia?
- What's Heat Exhaustion?
- What's Herpes Zoster?
- What's a Hemangioma?
- What's a Hematoma?
- What Are Infections?
- What Are Involuntary Muscles?
- What Is Impetigo?
- What's Immunotherapy (Allergy Shots)?
- What's Influenza?
- What's the ICU?
- What Are Migraines?
- What's Melanin?
- What's Mononucleosis?
- What's Myalgia?
- What's a Microscope?
- What's a Mucous Membrane?
- What Does Nutrition Mean?
- What Is Nicotine?
- What's a Nasal Cavity?
- What's the Navel?
- What's the Nervous System?
- What Are Palpitations?
- What Are Papillae?
- What Are Pupils?
- What Is Parkinson's Disease?
- What Is Polydipsia?
- What's Pollen?
- What's Protein?
- What's the Pilomotor Reflex?
- What Are Red Blood Cells?
- What Are Retractions?
- What Does Rx Mean?
- What Is Roseola?
- What's Ringworm?
- What's a Rash?
- What's a Rhinovirus?
- What Are Sebaceous Glands?
- What Are Semicircular Canals?
- What Are Symptoms?
- What Is Scoliosis?
- What Is Sebum?
- What's Scabies?
- What's Scarlet Fever?
- What's Shingles?
- What's Sinusitis?
- What's a Scab?
- What's a Scar?
- What's a Sprain?
- What's a Stethoscope?
- What's a Strain?
- What's a Stye?
- What's the Stapes?
Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice,
diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.
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