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

থঙ-থঙ লাউবা
(Thang-Thang Lauba): (Palpitation = a condition of abnormally fast and/or strong wave(s) (and possibly irregular) heartbeat or beating of the heart that may be and indication of a heart disease or other heart/cardiac disorders.

থজীন
(Thajeen): Costal arch-rim = The edge of the arch-rim of the posterior (downward) semicircular cavity of the rib cage covered with thin layers of muscle and skin in the frontal part of the chest above the abdomen.

থনুং
(Thanung): The Vitals = The term referring to vital organs such as brain, heart and lungs which bestow vitality to the body and derived denotation and cannotation refer to the internal areas of the body where the vital organs are lying but more especially appoint to the internal body area within the chest and the area is enclosed within the cage of ribs and spinal column to protect the vital organs of heart and lungs. Hence, the vitals, especially mean to denote internal body cavity within the chest and rib cage and the internal organs within the internal area of the chest.

থবাক
(Thabak): chest = Thorax = the part of the body cavity between the neck and the diaphram. The skeleton of the thorax is formed by the sternum, costal cartilage, ribs and thoracic vertebrae of the backbone. It encloses the lungs, heart, oesophagus and associated structures. Thoracic cavity = Chest cavity, containing lungs, heart, disphragm, etc. Thoracic duct = One of the main terminal ducts in the lymphatic system, running from the abdomen to the left side of the neck. Thoracic inlet syndrome = Scalenus syndrome = pain in an arm caused when the scalenus press the brachial plexus against the vetebrae. Thoracic outlet = large opening at the bottom of the thorax. Thoracic Vertebrae = the twelve vertebrae in the spinal column behind the chest to which the ribs are attached.

থবাক্কী শরু
(Thabakkee Sharoo): Breastbone = a flat bone, 15 to 20 cm. long, extending from the base of the neck to just below the diaphragm and forming the frontal part of the skeleton of thorax. The sternum articulates with collar bones (clevicle) and the costal cartilage of the first seven pairs of ribs. It consists of three sections. (I) The middle and longest section the body or gladiolus is attached to the manubruim[=posternum or anterior part of breast bone] and xiphoid (or ensiform = shaped like a sword) process at the bottom]. The manubrium slopes back from the body so that the junction between the two parts forms an angle (Angle of Louis or sternal angle). Rib = a curved slightly twisted strip of bone forming part of the skeleton of the thorax, which protects the heart and lungs. There are 12 pairs of ribs. The head of each rib articulates with one of the 12 thoracic vertabrae of the backbone : the other end is attached to section of cartilage (Costal cartilage). True ribs - the first seven pairs connecting directly to the sternum by their costal cartilage. False ribs = the next three pairs after the true ribs are attached indirectly; each is connected by its cartilage to the rib above it. Floating ribs = the last two pairs end freely in the muscles of the body wall.

থবাক্কী শরূ পোলাং
(Thabakkee Sharoo Polang): Tib cage = The ribs and the space enclosed by them as a cage. The ribcage is formed of 12 pairs of curved bones. The top seven (true ribs) are joined to the breastbone in the front by costal cartilage. The other five pairs of ribs (False ribs) are not attached to the breast bone, though the 8th, 9th and 10th pairs are each attached to the rib above. The bottom two pairs which are not attached to the breastbone at all, are called the floating ribs.

থুম
(Thum): Salt = see ` shamor`

থাঙ
(Thang): (I) Knife = a cutting instrument typically in the form of a blade fitted into a handle or into machinery, and something. (II) Sword = a weapon like a large knife with a blade sharpened on one or both edges and usually ending in points (III) Dagger = pointed knife for stabbing. (IV) Surgical instrument = instruments and equipments used in the surgical operation/therapy.

থাঙ থাবা
(Thang-Thaba): Surgery = The branch of medicine in the therapeutic measure, that treats injuries, deformities or disease by operation or manipulation such as cryosurgery [the therapeutic treatment with the use of extreme cold in a localized part of the body to freeze and destroy unwanted tissues. Cryosurgery is usually undertaken with an instrument called Cryobrobe which has a fine lip cooled by allowing carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide gas to expand within it.....).]Or Surgical operation of the human body by the manual labour with the appropriate and essential instruments/equipments and provisions.

থাবম
(Thabam): =Mortuary = a place for the temporary reception of the dead or a building/room or place in which dead bodies are laid out for identification or kept until they are buried or cremated.


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