pl.n. Medicine The normal uterine discharge of blood, tissue, and mucus from the vagina after childbirth. [Greek lokhia, from neuter pl. of lokhios, of childbirth, from lokhos, childbirth; see legh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] lochi·al adj. |
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