lochia

American  

[loh-kee-uh, lok-ee-uh] / ˈloʊ ki ə, ˈlɒk i ə /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

• lochia
  plural

1. the liquid discharge from the uterus after childbirth.

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lochia British  

/ ˈlɒkɪə /

noun

1. a vaginal discharge of cellular debris, mucus, and blood following childbirth

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• lochial
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• lochia
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of lochia

1675–85; < New Latin < Greek, noun use of neuter plural of lóchios of childbirth, equivalent to lóch ( os ) childbirth (akin to léchesthai to lie down; see lie ²) + -ios adj. suffix

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

lochia

Although postpartum uterine contractions limit blood loss from the detachment of the placenta, the mother does experience a postpartum vaginal discharge called lochia.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Internally, used for.—Menstrual disorders, nervousness, cramps, amenorrhea from colds, suppressed lochia, hysteria, pains peculiar to women, disturbed sleep.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter

The lochia were full of the pyogenic vibrio and of the organism of furuncles, although there was but a small proportion of the latter.

From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various

Internally, used for.—Sweating purposes in fevers and inflammatory diseases, acute erysipelas, pleurisy, low stages of fevers, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, in afterpains, and suppressed lochia.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter

Menstruation generally becomes as painless as the flow of the lochia; and so far as a patient can tell the two phenomena are identical.

From The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy by J. Morris (Josiah Morris) Slemons

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