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lochia

/ˈlɒ.kɪ.ə/US/ˈloʊ.ki.ə/

lochia noun: 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.

Noun

lochia pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) 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.
    • 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, [...]1822, Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal
    • Variations in the quantity, quality, or odour of the lochia not unnaturally excite great alarm in the mind of the patient, who regards any deviation in this secretion as a proof of serious disease. Yet very remarkable differences do occur, without any morbid affection of the uterus or vagina.1866, Fleetwood Churchill, On the theory and practice of midwifery

lochia meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

lochia in Tamil

உலோக்கியா, பற்றுப்பாக்கு, பேற்றுக்குப்பின் சுரப்பு

lochia in Indonesian

post-partum vaginal discharge
nifas, lokia

Origin of lochia

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

Questions about lochia

What does lochia mean?
Lochia means 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.
What is lochia in Tamil?
Lochia in Tamil is உலோக்கியா, பற்றுப்பாக்கு, பேற்றுக்குப்பின் சுரப்பு. See Lochia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lochia?
Lochia is a noun.
How do you pronounce lochia?
Lochia is pronounced /ˈlɒ.kɪ.ə/ (UK).

Words near lochia in the dictionary

  1. Lochend
  2. loches
  3. Lochgelly
  4. Lochgilphead
  5. Lochhead
  6. lochia
  7. lochia rubra
  8. lochial
  9. Lochiel
  10. Lochin
  11. Lochinvar

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lochia (page history and authors); lochia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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