lochia
pronunciation
How to pronounce lochia in British English:
UK ['ləʊkɪə]
How to pronounce lochia in American English:
US ['loʊkɪr]
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- Noun:
- substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirth
Word Origin
- lochia (n.)
- "discharge from the uterus after childbirth," 1680s, Modern Latin, from Greek lokhia, neuter plural of lokhios "pertaining to childbirth," from lokhos "a lying in, childbirth," also, "an ambush," from PIE root *legh- "to lie, lay" (see lie (v.2)).
Example
- 1. Also , do you belong to more than lochia .
- 2. This will not affect the post-natal lochia ?
- 3. The time arranging lochia is very long .
- 4. I am a caesarean section , the last is sometimes lochia stop .
- 5. Soon I was producing , but lochia lasted two months , and later its own good .