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What Is Bone Marrow? for Kids
Bone marrow is a thick, spongy kind of jelly inside your bones.
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What Is Gingivitis? for Kids
Got gums? Then you have to protect them against gingivitis, the word for gum disease.
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What Is Cerumen? for Kids
This word means wax.
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What Is Polyuria? for Kids
Someone who has uncontrolled diabetes may pee a lot. Polyuria is the medical word for this.
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What Is Neuropathy? for Kids
Neuropathy is the medical word for disease of the nervous system.
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What's Tinnitus? for Kids
Ring, ring, ring! It's not the phone — it's the word for a ringing sound in the ears.
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What Is Retinopathy? for Kids
Retinopathy is the medical word for disease of the retina.
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What Are Immunizations? for Kids
This is the long word for what most kids know as vaccines.
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What's a Bolus? for Kids
For someone with diabetes, a bolus means a single, large dose of insulin taken to handle a rise in blood glucose (a type of sugar).
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What's Glycogen? for Kids
When the body has extra glucose, it stores it in the liver and muscles. This stored form of glucose is called glycogen.