Lochia

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • noun-plural. Medicine The normal uterine discharge of blood, tissue, and mucus from the vagina after childbirth.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Normal post-partum vaginal discharge; blood, mucus, and placental tissue that are discharged from a female's vagina (similar to menstruation) for several weeks after she has given birth.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun-plural. The discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In Greek myth, a surname of the goddess Artemis (Diana), as the protectress of women in childbirth.
  • n. [NL.] A genus of noctuid moths of the subfamily Cosmiinæ, based upon the Australian L. apicalis.
  • In medicine, the evacuations from the womb and vagina which follow childbirth.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirth
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