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LOCHIA
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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
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Hypernyms ("lochia" is a kind of...):
bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)