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Dictionary of Manipuri Medical Terms (Manipuri-English)

খোঙপাক
(Khongpak): Foot = The lowest part of the leg nay, the body of man and animal that touches the gound on walking and standing. It is used for walking, standing, dancing, running, etc. The foot of man, the human being is formed with 26 (twentysix) pieces of bones, 14 (fourteen) phalanges in the toes, five metatarsals in main part of foot and seven tarsals in the heel.

খোঙলক চাফাৎপা
(Khonglak Chaphatpa): Athlete`s foot = Infectious skin disorder between the toes caused by a fungus. Drop foot = Foot drop = The condition of being unable to keep the foot at right angles to the leg. Flat foot/feet = Pes planus = Conditoin where the soles of the feet lie flat on the ground instead of being arched as normal above the ground. Immersion/Trench foot = Condition caused by standing in cold water, where the skin of the foot is dead and the toes turn black. Madura foot = Maduromycosis = Maduromycetoma = Tropical fungus infaction in the feet which can destroy tissue and infect bones.

খোঙবী
(Khongbi): Great/big toe = the greatest and innermost digit of the foot in man while the front of hoof in animal.

খোঙয়া
(Khongya): sole = The posterior part of the foot that printed/pressed/ impressed on the surface/ floor. It is covered with a specialized /specific skin.

খোঙয়ায়
(Khongyai): Middle toe = Part of digits of the toes in the foot which are between the big/great toe and the little toe. They have 3 (three) phalanges in each digits.

খোঙলক চাফাৎপা
(Khonglak Chaphatpa): Sore/ulcer between toes or Athlete`s foot = It is the ailment/suffering caused by the ulcer/sore of the skin between two or more toes as a result of fungus (ii). It had simple and acute types marked by the soring pain and ache, See `Khongpak` also.

খোঙশা
(Khongsha): Toe = One of the five separate part at the end of foot (each toe is formed of three bones or phalanges except the big/great toe which has only two. They all bear toenails or the thin hard keratin (nitrogenous protein with high sulphur contains) growth covering the end of a toe as it were in the fingers of the hand.

খোঙ শেকপা
(Khong Shekpa): Lameness = The ailment/condition that is not able to walk normally beacause one leg is shorter than the other or work with limp (way of walking when one leg is shorter than the other or where one leg is hurt) because of pain or limping = walking awkwardly because of pain in a leg or because of one leg is shorter than the other. (ii) [Khong-Shekpa]: Limp/limping or Claudication = See `Shekpa` and a limping person. At first the patient limps after having walked a short distance, then finds walking progressively more difficult and finally impossible. The condition improves after rest.

খোঙ হাম্বা
(Khong Hamba): Defecation = The act of voiding faeces from the anus or excretion/ discharge of undigested residues (faeces/dung) from the bowels through the anus of rectum. Or, A bowel movement in which faeces are evacuated through the rectum and anus.The amount and composition of the food eaten determine to a large degree the bulk of the faeces and the transit time through the intestinal track determines the water contents.

খোঙ হাম্বা অচৌবা নৎত্রগা পূকচৎপা
(Khong Hamba Achouba/Pukchapta): Cholera or Cholera epidemic = Cholera is an acute or potential dangerous infection of the small instestine by the bacterium VIBRIO CHOLERAE which causes severe vomiting and diarrhoea (Known as ricewater stools)leading to dehydration (loss of water). The disease is contracted from the food and drinking water contaminated by faeces from a patient. Cholera if often occured in epidemics; outbreaks are rare in good sanitary conditions. After an incubation period 1-5 days symptoms commence suddenly; the resulting dehydration and imbalance in the concentration of the body fluid can cause dead within 24 hours. Initial treatment involves replacing the fluid loss by oral rehydration therapy: tetracyclin eradicates the bacteria and hastens recovery. The motality rate in untreated cases is over 50%. Vaccination against cholera is effective for only 6-9 months.


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