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lochia

Noun

loch=i=a

WORDNET DICTIONARY

lochia(n = noun.body) Array - substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirth; Array

lochia, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. , pl., fr. belonging to childbirth, a lying in, childbirth.].

The discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth. [1913 Webster]

lochia, n. a discharge from the uterus after childbirth.

Derivative

lochial adj.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk lokhia neut. pl. of lokhios of childbirth

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