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Knowledge through Indian Languages
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Dictionary of Manipuri Medical Terms (Manipuri-English)

য়োংলাই চুবা
(Yonglai- chuba) : Rickets = a disease of childhood in which the bones donot harden due to the lack / deficiency of vitamin D (calciferol). Without vitamin D not enough calcium salts are deposited in the bones to make them rigid; consequently they become soft and malformed. This is particularly noticeable in the long bones, which become bowed, and in the front of ribeage where characteristic rickety rosary may become apparent. The dificiency of vitamin D may be dietary as due to lack of exposure to the sunlight , which is important in the conversion of vitamin D to its active form.


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