| Secondary Care |
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Hospital or specialist care to which a patient is referred by their GP |
| Sedative |
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A medicine that makes a person sleepy |
| Senior House Officer (SHO) |
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One of the training grade posts a hospital doctor holds after qualifying and before becoming a fully trained specialist (consultant) |
| Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) |
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Any infectious disease spread by sexual intercourse |
| Side Effects |
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The expected effects of a medicine |
| Skin Graft |
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The procedure to take skin from one part of a person's body and transfer it somewhere else |
| Speech and Language Therapy |
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Provide services to adults and children with a communication disorder and/or swallowing difficulties |
| Spleen |
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The organ responsible for cleaning lymph and and destroying used up red blood cells |
| Stem Cells |
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Immature cells that can develop into any type of cell, for instance blood cells or tissue |
| Stent |
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A plastic or metal tube that is used to keep a tube in the body open |
| Steri-Strips |
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Sterile plasters that are used to close small incisions after operations |
| Steroids |
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Medicines that are used to reduce inflammation |
| Stoma |
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An artificial opening, such as a tracheostomy or colostomy |
| Stroke |
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A sudden attack of weakness affecting one side of the body, the consequence of an interruption to the flow of blood to the brain |
| Subcutaneous (SC) |
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The word used when a medicine is injected under the skin |
| Substance Misuse |
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Collective term for drug, chemical and alcohol use or addiction |
| Suppository |
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A medicine that is given by inserting it into the anus and rectum |
| Syndrome |
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A collection of symptoms that often appear together |