lochia (redirected from Lochia alba)

lochia /lo·chia/ (lo´ke-ah) a vaginal discharge occurring during the first week or two after childbirth.lo´chial

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lochia al´ba  the final vaginal discharge after childbirth, when the amount of blood is decreased and the leukocytes are increased.

lochia cruen´ta  l. rubra.

lochia ru´bra  that occurring immediately after childbirth, consisting almost entirely of blood.

lochia sanguinolen´ta  l. serosa.

lochia sero´sa  the serous vaginal discharge occurring four or five days after childbirth.

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lo·chi·a (lk-, lk-)

pl.n.

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

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lochi·al adj.

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lochia

a vaginal discharge occurring during the first week or two after parturition.

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lochia alba

the final vaginal discharge after parturition, when the amount of blood is decreased and the leukocytes are increased.

lochia cruenta

lochia rubra.

lochia purulenta

lochia alba.

lochia rubra

that occurring immediately after parturition, consisting almost entirely of blood.

lochia sanguinolenta

the serous uterine discharge occurring four or five days after parturition. Called also lochia serosa.

lochia serosa

see lochia sanguinolenta (above).