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भारतवाणी
bharatavani  
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Knowledge through Indian Languages
Bharatavani

Dictionary of Manipuri Medical Terms (Manipuri-English)

ঊন/ঊনশা
(Oon/Oonsha): Skin = the largest organ of the body and one of the toughtest tissues. It is the organ of self healing/curing, water resistance, temperature regulating, infection repelling and despite these high sensitive. It is made up of two layers basically, viz (I) epidermis (outer layer) which is generally covered with/in another layer of dead cells, that is continually flacked off , and (II) dermis (inner layer) which lies underneath/within the epidermis. The skin has thousands of organs within itself, such as sweat glands, sebaceous glands, etc. and there is a layer of fat beneath the skin. The fatty layer can be used as a store of food and water.


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