Meaning of lochia | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

plural, plural-only

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Examples

“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, [...]”

“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.”

“In three or four days the distinctly bloody character of the lochia is altered. They have⟳ a reddish watery appearance, and are known as the lochia rubra or cruenta [...]”

“1921, the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, published by the American Gynecological Society On the fifth day the coryza, cough and rash were all improved, but the patient was irrational; the lochia were thin, watery and odorless; …”

“1924: The Canadian nurse, published by the Canadian Nurses' Association Check lochia and change⟳ sterile pad. If the patient's pulse is under 90, the fundus is firm and the lochia is normal, the patient may be left at the end⟳ ...”

“1927, The Indian Veterinary Journal, published by the Indian Veterinary Association In one Magra ewe which gave birth to twins, lochia continued for 8 days …”

“1946: Nicholson Joseph Eastman and Emil Novak, Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey By the fifth day, however, the lochia was normal in most of the patients and in only 4 patients was it heavy.”

“For the first three or four days after delivery the lochia are red; [...] three different types of lochia are distinguished: ‘lochia rubra’ or ‘red lochia’, ‘lochia serosa’ ‘serous lochia’, which appears five to six days after delivery, and ‘lochia alba’ meaning ‘white lochia’, the final lochial discharge [...]”

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