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What Does Stat Mean? for Kids
Quick! On the double! Hurry up! Get moving!
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What Does Amputate Mean? for Kids
To amputate something is to remove something by cutting.
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What Does Epistaxis Mean? for Kids
Epistaxis is usually no big deal — it's just the medical word for a bloody nose.
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What Does Chronic Mean? for Kids
This word refers to an illness that a person has for a long time or an illness that goes away and keeps coming back.
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What Does Diagnosis Mean? for Kids
The word diagnosis is a fancy name for how doctors figure out what's making you sick.
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What Does Quadriplegia Mean? for Kids
Quadriplegia is when both of a person's arms and both legs stop working.
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What Does Exhale Mean? for Kids
Put one hand on your chest and take a deep breath . . . hold it!
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What Does REM Stand for? for Kids
This is short for rapid eye movement, the stage of sleep when your eyes move back and forth under your closed eyelids and you have dreams.
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What Does Dislocation Mean? for Kids
A dislocation is when one or more bones at a joint moves out of place.
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What Does Hearing Loss Mean? for Kids
Hearing loss happens when one or more parts of your ears don't work and you can't hear perfectly.