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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 Sternutation Mean? for Kids
This is a long word for something that happens in a short time: sneezing!
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What Does Sphenopalatine Ganglioneuralgia Mean? for Kids
This is another name for an ice cream headache.
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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 Stat Mean? for Kids
Quick! On the double! Hurry up! Get moving!
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What Does Hyperventilate Mean? for Kids
When you hyperventilate, you breathe too deeply and too quickly. This can make you feel lightheaded or short of breath.
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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 Nearsighted Mean? for Kids
You might be nearsighted if you have no problems seeing things up close but have trouble seeing things that are far away, like the chalkboard when you sit in the back of the classroom.
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How Does Hair Work? (Video) for Kids
It's almost everywhere on your body, but what is hair, exactly? Chloe & the Nurb explain it all in this How the Body Works movie!
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What Does Quadriplegia Mean? for Kids
Quadriplegia is when both of a person's arms and both legs stop working.