See Also: lochia(medicine)
Lochia(health)
lochia(dictionary)
lochia alba(medicine)
lochia cruenta(medicine)
lochia purulenta(medicine)
lochia rubra(medicine)
lochia sanguinolenta(medicine)
lochia serosa(medicine)

mongoose (iou) and lochia (medicine)


mongoose (iou)



mongoose noun. Also mungoose. Pl. -gooses. L17.
[Marathi magus, mu- from Telegu mugisi, Kannada mugisa.]
Any of various long-tailed short-legged carnivorous mammals of the family Viverridae (which also includes the civets and genets), native to southern Asia and Africa, and noted for the ability to kill venomous snakes. L17.
slender mongoose: see SLENDER adjective.
A nectar-eating lemur, Lemur mongoz, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. More fully mongoose lemur. M18.

lochia (medicine)


lochia
<obstetrics> The vaginal discharge that takes place during the first week or two after Childbirth.

Origin: Gr. Lochia