| lochia purulenta | The last discharge no longer tinged with blood. Synonym: lochia purulenta. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| lochia rubra | The initial discharge stained with blood. Synonym: lochia rubra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lochia sanguinolenta | Thick, dark red vaginal discharge seen a few days after delivery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lochia serosa | A thin and watery lochia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lochial | Relating to the lochia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lochiometra | Distention of the uterus with retained lochia. Origin: G. Metra, womb (05 Mar 2000) |
| lochiometritis | Puerperal metritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lochioperitonitis | Puerperal peritonitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lochiorrhagia | Synonym: lochiorrhoea. Origin: Lochia + G. Rhegnymi, to burst forth (05 Mar 2000) |
| lochiorrhoea | Profuse flow of the lochia. Synonym: lochiorrhagia. Origin: Lochia + G. Rhoia, a flow (05 Mar 2000) |
| loci | Plural of locus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lock | 1. Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened. 2. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable. "Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages." (De Quincey) 3. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. 4. The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal. 5. An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; called also lift lock. 6. That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc. 7. A device for keeping a wheel from turning. 8. A grapple in wrestling. Detector lock, a lock containing a contrivance for showing whether it as has been tampered with. Lock bay, a range of bond stone. Mortise lock, a door lock inserted in a mortise. Rim lock, a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus differing from a mortise lock. Origin: AS. Loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the fastening of a door, fr. Lucan to lock, fasten; akin to OS. Lukan (in comp), D. Luiken, OHG. Luhhan, Icel. Lka, Goth. Lukan (in comp); cf. Skr. Ruj to break. Cf. Locket. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lock and key models | <chemistry, immunology> Specific recognition in biological systems might be mediated through interactions that depend upon very precise steric matching between receptor and ligand or between enzyme and substrate. The commonly used analogy is between lock and key and implies a precise sterically determined interaction. (18 Nov 1997) |
| lock finger | An affection in which the movement of the finger is arrested for a moment in flexion or extension and then continues with a jerk. Synonym: jerk finger, lock finger, snap finger, spring finger, stuck finger. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lock hospital | A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |