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‖ lochia, n. pl. Path.|ˈlɒkɪə|
Also anglicized 7 lochies, 8 loches.
[mod.L., ad. Gr. λόχια, neut. pl. of λόχιος adj., pertaining to childbirth, f. λόχος a lying in. Cf. F. lochies.]
The discharge from the uterus and vagina which follows childbirth.
1685Cooke Marrow Chirurg., Physic iii. xiv. (ed. 4) 605, If the Lochies flow duly, commit it to Nature. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Lochia. 1722Quincy Lex. Phys.-Med., Lochia, Loches. 1747tr. Astruc's Fevers 352 The evacuation we call lochia. 1789W. Buchan Dom. Med. (1790) 537 A suppression of the lochia, or usual discharges after delivery. 1857Bullock Cazeaux' Midwif. 497 These purulent lochia.
Hence ˈlochial a., of or pertaining to the lochia.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Lochia, The lochial flux. Ibid., Lochial fevers. 1808Med. Jrnl. XIX. 11 She attributed her complaints to the profuseness of the lochial discharge. 1862N. Syd. Soc. Year-bk. Med. & Surg. 382 In eighteen cases the lochial secretion was examined from day to day. 1893Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 Jan., Mem. 12/2 Between the birth of the two [boys] there was no lochial discharge. |