Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirth;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lochia \Lo*chi"a\ (l[=o]"k[i^]*[.a] or l[-o]*k[imac]"[.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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lochia
n 1: substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and
mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during
the weeks following childbirth