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Locellate
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Lochaber axe
Lochage
lochan
Loche
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Lochial
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Lochner vs. New York
loci
loci classici
Lock
lock away
Lock bay
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lock horns
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LO'CHIA, n. [Gr.] Evacuations which follow childbirth.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirth
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. a discharge from the uterus after childbirth. Derivatives: lochial adj. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk lokhia neut. pl. of lokhios of childbirth
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Lochia Lo*chi"a, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ?, pl., fr. ? belonging to childbirth, ? a lying in, childbirth.] (Med.) The discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth.
