lochia
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lochia
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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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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
After the birth of the first infant the lochia failed to flow, no milk appeared in the breasts, and the belly remained large.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
In other cases the lochia continues too long, or in too great quantity, owing to the deficiency of venous absorption.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
If consequent on parturition the lochia cease or become offensive.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 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
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