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The word Meda is derived from Sanskrit root medas[meda-asun]. It means to lubricate or oleate or to provide unctuousness.

The literary meanings of word meda are as follows:

1. Marrow; applicable not merely to the marrow of the bones, but more properly, to the serous or adipose secretion that spreads amongst the muscular ~~fibres~~, and which is considered as performing the same functions to the flesh that the marrow of the bones performs to them. in physiology its proper seat is said to be the abdomen.

1. Marrow; applicable not merely to the marrow of the bones, but more properly, to the serous or adipose secretion that spreads amongst the muscular fibers, and which is considered as performing the same functions to the flesh that the marrow of the bones performs to them.

In physiology, its proper seat is said to be the abdomen.

2. Morbid or unnatural obesity.

3. In general, obesity or fat in the body ~~are~~ denoted by the word Meda.

3. In general, obesity or fat in the body is denoted by the word Meda.

==Panchabhautika constitution and properties: ==

Medadhatu has dominance of prithvi, jala and agnimahabhuta. It possesses properties like unctuousness (snigdha) and heaviness(guru).

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 The word Meda is derived from Sanskrit root medas[meda-asun].  It means to lubricate or oleate or to provide unctuousness.
 The literary meanings of word meda are as follows:
-. Marrow; applicable not merely to the marrow of the bones, but more properly, to the serous or adipose secretion that spreads amongst the muscular fibres, and which is considered as performing the same functions to the flesh that the marrow of the bones performs to them. in physiology its proper seat is said to be the abdomen.
+. Marrow; applicable not merely to the marrow of the bones, but more properly, to the serous or adipose secretion that spreads amongst the muscular fibers, and which is considered as performing the same functions to the flesh that the marrow of the bones performs to them.
+In physiology, its proper seat is said to be the abdomen.
 . Morbid or unnatural obesity.
-. In general, obesity or fat in the body are denoted by the word Meda.
+. In general, obesity or fat in the body is denoted by the word Meda.
 ==Panchabhautika constitution and properties: ==
 Medadhatu has dominance of prithvi, jala and agnimahabhuta. It possesses properties like unctuousness (snigdha) and heaviness(guru).