lochia

The normal uterine discharge of blood, tissue, and mucus from the vagina after childbirth.

In medicine, the evacuations from the womb and vagina which follow childbirth.

In Greek myth, a surname of the goddess Artemis (Diana), as the protectress of women in childbirth.

[NL.] A genus of noctuid moths of the subfamily Cosmiinæ, based upon the Australian L. apicalis.

The discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth.

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.

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