LOCHIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("lochia" is a kind of...):

bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)

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