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lochia

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɒ.kɪ.ə/Part of speech nounSorted achiloStarts with LEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

  1. The normal vaginal discharge that follows childbirth.

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Latin lochia, from Ancient Greek λοχεία (lokheía), neuter plural of λοχείος (lokheíos, “of childbirth”), from λόχος (lókhos, “childbirth”).

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  • In April 1819, I attended a young married lady in her first pregnancy, in whose case the lochia began to diminish on the seventh day after parturition, [...]
  • In three or four days the distinctly bloody character of the lochia is altered. They have a reddish watery appearance, and are known as the lochia rubra or cruenta [...]
  • 1927, The Indian Veterinary Journal, published by the Indian Veterinary Association In one Magra ewe which gave birth to twins, lochia continued for 8 days …

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