Providing washing and laundry facilities near the water points reduces the need to transport water. Box 9.1. Minimum provision of domestic water containers Two vessels 10-20L for collecting water plus one 20L vessel for water storage, (narrow necks and covers) per 5 person household.
Geographic tongue is a disorder that affects the tongueâs surface. Tongues are normally covered with pinkish-white, tiny bumps known as papillae. With those individuals with geographic tongue there are areas of the tongue surface that are missing papillae and instead appear as red, smooth patches sometime with borders that are slightly raised. These areas or lesions often make the tongue look like a map, or geographic appearance.
an inflammatory disorder on the dorsal surface of the tongue characterized by numerous and continually changing areas of loss and regrowth of the filiform papillae. The wandering shape and outline of the denuded red patches surrounded by thickened white borders present a geographic or maplike appearance. tongue with numerous furrows or grooves on the dorsal surface, often radiating from a groove on the midline. geographic tongue. a tongue with denuded patches, surrounded by thickened epithelium.