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Research

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Two fingers of both hands face each other then curl and move apart

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Science

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Mime pouring beakers

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Itchy

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Scratch back of hand

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Medicine

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Pinky stirs in left fist

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Dressing

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Fist mimes bandage around hand

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Injection

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Mime injecting arm

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Operation

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Thumb moves across stomach/arm

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Hospital

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Thumb makes cross on left upper arm

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Dull pain

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Fists tilted slightly in move closer over stomach (dull)
Right hand shakes over chest (pain)

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Physio

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Flat hands move down chest and thumbs out firsts knead like a back

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Pulse

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Two fingers and thumb takes pulse

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Pain

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Right hand shakes over chest

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Sharp pain

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Finger pings off other finger and fist opens (sharp)
Right hand shakes over chest (pain)

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Reception room

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Draw square (room)
Finger points down (for)
‘Come here’ motion with both hands (reception)

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X-Ray

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Fingerspell

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With food

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Fingertips of both hands come together (with)
Bunched hand moves near mouth (food)

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Where does it hurt?

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Hand shakes over chest (pain)
Upright palms circle (where)

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Waiting room

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Draw square (room)
Point down (for)
Firsts by side – two small downward movements

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Tablet

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Mime throwing a tablet into mouth twice

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Wheelchair

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Finger wheels at sides

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Urine sample

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Finger flicks down twice (urine)
Finger C (sample)

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Vomit

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Both hands mime vomiting

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Test

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Thumbs and pinkies wiggle diagonally down chest

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Diarrhoea

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Mime poop with whole hands

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Cough
Fist to chest twice
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Dentist
Tap teeth twice
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(A) cold
Fingers close over nose
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Check-up
Thumb and pinkies wiggle diagonally down then flatten over stomach
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Bruise
Clawed hand twists on arm/cheek
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Broken
Fists snap
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Blood
Mime blood spraying from wrist
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Bandage
Fist mimes bandage around flat hand
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Antibiotic
Thumb and finger open towards mouth twice
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Ache
Both open hands move up and down chest
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Heart attack
Fingers face each other over chest, move rapidly towards each other several times
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Cut
Finger slices wrist or location of cut
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Accident
Open hand shakes slightly a few times by ear (slightly bent fingers)
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Faint
Both hands Vs apart cross over and tilt down
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Cream (medical)
Mime rubbing cream into back of hand
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Medical
O with finger and thumb moves from left to right is chest
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Deafened
Open hand closes slowly into beak at ear
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Referral
R on palm, move from left to right
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Fast (food)
Fingers start on stomach then move down (hungry) Bunched fingers near mouth (food) O shape with fingers out shakes
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Headache
Open hand shakes out from side of head
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Before food
Flat upright hand makes shallow arc from fingertips to elbow Bunched hands at mouth (food)
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Prescription
Throw one tablet into mouth. Two fingers move out across palm
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Liquid
Both hands wiggle fingers out like waves
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Compound
Hands face forward, connect as move forward, like beaks joining
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Element
Left hand closes around upward finger; finger leaves fist
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Periodic table
Finger leaves fist 4 fingers move down, left to right
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Atom
Finger circles left fist several times
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Alkali
Mime rubbing something between fingers; both hands
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Neutral
Left finger points up; right hand slides left, right, centre behind it
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Acid
Fingers scratch upright left palm
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Autism
Both hand Vs face each other; move alternately up and down
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Diabetes
Bent fingers, thumb sticking out at lower right chest. Mime injecting; thumb pushes in, hand moves closer to body (twice)
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Hard of hearing
Right palm strokes along left a few times
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Aspergers
Hands face forward at sides of head; move forward and twist so palms face each other and thumb up
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ADHD
Fingerspell
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Blind
V shape with bent fingertips at eyes move to left shoulder
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Chemistry
Mime pouring beakers
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Meningitis
Three finger M taps cheek/jaw
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Hearing aid
Two fingers tap behind top of ear
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Mental health
Bent hand touches right temple Bent hands start on chest, close and move out as thumbs ups
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Ambulance
Beak hand twists toward self and flashes open
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Poison
Pinky stirs in fist
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Ill
Both pinky out fists draws down chest
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What's wrong?
'What' Extended pinky moves forward
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Learning disability
Hand closes like a beak at side of head D falls and fist opens
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Flu
Two beaks close over nose (one hand)
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Feeling
Both open hands move up chest
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Dizzy
Finger pointing up circles in front of face
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Stressed
Stacked open hands curl into fists
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Hurt
Both hands shake in front of chest
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Fall over
Two finger person on palm, falls back
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Liquid
Horizontal hands face each other at chest height, fingers wiggle like water and move apart
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Solid
Fists face each other, middle knuckles nearly touching, tiny movements like particles
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Gas
Whole hand O shapes move up and around like gas particles
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Evaporation
Vertical hands move alternately up and down while fingers wiggle slightly
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Condensation
Left hand vertical, right fingers wiggle down palm like condensation on window
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Melt
Both hands close like upright beaks and move apart like pulling melted cheese
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Freeze
Horizontal hands form claws and 'freeze'
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Star
Thumb and middle finger touch, then ping open
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Stars
Both hands ping open and move forward and back
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Planet
Hands mime sphere shape
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Moon
Thumb and index finger held apart, close while hand moves as in crescent moon
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Galaxy
With fingers spread out, right hand makes big circles over left
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Solar system
Left hand makes Sun. Right open hand circles left
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Earth
Left hand in fist. Right closes nearly around right, fingers wiggle as hand moved slightly around fist
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Big bang
B, hands separate and fingers wiggle as hands move out
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Meteor
Index finger pointing up, points diagonally across torso
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Comet
Left fist on back of upright right hand, fingers wiggle as hands move diagonally from left to right
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Binoculars
Both hands make Os over eyes
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Black hole
Open left hand around right forearm, open right hand moves through left hand and closes
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Asteroid
Both hands in big claw shapes tilt slightly alternately and move from left to right
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Astronomy
As in 'stars' middle fingers open from thumbs 2x each hand. Both hand Vs move apart from head height

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