LOCHIO* l >LICA 



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LODICULA 



Lochiocolica [lo-ke-o-kol'-ik-ah) [/n\nn, puerperal; 

 KuXacdg, pertaining to the colonT Pain in the ab- 

 dominal region dependent upon, or associated with, 

 some lochia! irregularity. 



Lochiodochium [lo-ke-o-do f -ke-uni\. See Lochodochium. 



Lochiometra i me / -trah) [AO%ia, lochia; ui 



uterus]. A collection of lochia in the uterus. 



Lochiopyra Uo- ke-op' -ir- ah) [au^ioc, relating to child- 

 bed; rrvp, fire, fever]. Puerperal fever. Same as Z<?- 

 chopyra. 



Lochiorrhagia [lo-ke-or-a f -j\ ['/n\Kt, lochia; 



i",;ri i in, to burst forth]. An excessive flow of the 

 lochia. 



Lochiorrhea {lo-ke-or-e' '-ah) ['/ii\m, lochia ; poia, a 

 flow]. An abnormal How of the lochia. 



Lochiorrhoic {lo-ke or-o / -ik)\7i6x va i lochia; poia, How]. 

 Pertaining to lochiorrhea. 



Lochioschesis [lo-ke-os' -kes-is) ['/n\ia, lochia; ax^aie, 

 retention]. Suppression or retention of the lochia. 



Lochioschetic [lo-ke-os-ket'-ik) \7iAxta, lochia; cxiac, 

 retention]. Pertaining to lochioschesis. 



Lochocacocolpia (lo- ko- kak-o- kol'-pe-ali) [auxoc, 

 childbed; ncucSg, evil; m>'/-oc, vagina]. Vaginal or 

 vulval gangrene after childbirth. 



Lochoceliitis (lo-ko-se-le-i'-tis). See Lochioceliitis. 



Lochodochium (lo-ko-do'-ke-um) [?.6xoc, childbirth ; 

 (J^eoftw, to receive]. A lying-in hospital; a mater- 

 nity. 



Lochomeleagra (lo-ko-mel-e-a'-grah) ['/6x<>c, child- 

 birth ; fuAor, limb; aypa, seizure]. An attack of pain 

 in the limbs of parturient women. 



Lochometritis {lo-ko-me-tri'-tis) [X6xo$, childbirth ; 

 p'irpa, womb; irtq, inflammation]. Inflammation of 

 the womb consequent upon delivery ; puerperal metri- 

 tis. 



Lochometrophlebitis (lo-ko-me-tro-fle-bi' -Hs) [/lo^or, 

 childbirth; pi/rpa, womb; (pAtip, vein; mc, inflamma- 

 tion]. Phlebitis of the uterine veins in puerperal 

 women. 



Locho-oophoritis (lo-ko-o-off-or-i'-tis) [Aoxoq, child- 

 bed ; L)6v, egg; <j>opor, bearing; trie, inflammation]. 

 Puerperal inflammation of an ovary. 



Lochoperitonitis {lo-ko-per-it-on-i'-Hs) [/o,Y°C. child- 

 bed; irepir6vai.ov, peritoneum; inq, inflammation]. 

 Inflammation of the peritoneum following childbirth. 



Lochopyra (lo-kop'-ir-ah) [^o^oc, childbed ; nip, fire, 

 fever]. Puerperal fever. 



Lochos (lo'-kos) [Xdxog, childbirth]. A pregnant 

 woman; childbed. (Obs.) 



Lochotyphus (lo-ko-W -fus) [/oxoc, childbed ; rxxpoq, 

 stupor] . Puerperal fever of a typhoid type. 



Lock (lok) [ME., lok, lock]. I. Anything that fas- 

 tens something else. 2. To fasten by means of a 

 lock ; to fasten so as to impede motion. L. -finger, 

 a peculiar and very uncommon affection of the fingers 

 in which they suddenly become fixed in a flexed 

 position. The locking is due to the presence of a 

 small fibrous growth in the sheath of the extensor ten- 

 don. L. -hospital, an English hospital for the treat- 

 ment of venereal diseases; it was originally kept with 

 locked doors, whence the name. L.-jaw, tetanus ; 

 trismus. L. -spasm, Weir Mitchell's term for a severe 

 form of writer's cramp, the hand becoming spasmodic- 

 ally firmly contracted, the spasm being followed by 

 complete relaxation. 



Locked [lokt ) [ME., lok, a lock]. Fastened by means 

 of a lock ; immovable. L. Heads. See Head-lock- 

 ing. L.Jaw. See Trismus. L. Joint, Pajet's term 

 for a condition similar to that described as lock-tinger, 

 but usually involving a knee-joint. 



Loco or L. Plant or L. Weed (lo'-ko) [Sp. for 

 " crazy"]. A name given in parts of the U. S. to 



various species of Astragalu . Hosackia, Oxytropis, and 

 Sophora, poisonous plants that are believed to cause 

 loco disease in cattle and horses. L. -disease, a 

 local epizodtii disease of cattle and horses, believed 



to be liable- to follow the eating of any one of the 

 plants called loco. 



Locoed [lo'-kod) [Sp. , loco, crazy]. Suffering from 

 Lot o tit <* ase, </. v. 



Locomobile [lo-ko-truZ-bil) [locus, place; mobilis, 

 movable]. Having the power to change place, or to 

 no n e in mi a place. 



Locomobility {lo-ko-mo-bil'-it-e) [locus, place ; mobilis, 

 movable]. The quality of being locomobile. 



Locomotility (lo-ktf- mo-til' ' -il-e) [locus, place ; motilitas, 

 motility]. The quality or power of moving from 

 place to place. 



Locomotion (lo-ko-ino'-shuii) [locus, place; m 



move]. Animal movement. L. of an Artery, the 

 straightening out of a curved artery under the impulse 

 of the pulse- wave. 



Locomotive (lo-ko-mo'-tiv) [locus, a place ; movere, to 

 move]. Moving from place to place ; able to change 

 its place ; pertaining to locomotion. L. Pulse. 

 Corrigan's Pulse. 



Locomotivity (Jo-ko-mo-tiv'-it-e) [locus, place ; mo- 

 vere, to move]. The power to move from one place 

 to another. 



Locomotor (lo-ko-mo'-tor) [locus, a place ; motor, a 

 mover]. I. Pertaining to locomotion. 2. That which 

 moves from place to place. L. Ataxia, or L. Ataxy. 

 See Ataxy and Tabes. 



Locomotorium (lo-ko-mo-to' '-re-um) [locus, a place ; 

 motor, mover: //., Locomotoria~\. In biology, the 

 motive apparatus of an organism ; the bones, muscles, 

 and tendons. 



Locomotory (lo-ko-mo'-tor-e) [locus, place ; movere, to 

 move]. Pertaining to locomotion. 



Loculament (lok' -u-lam-ent) [loculamentum, a case, 

 box, cell]. Same as Loculus. 



Loculamentum {lok-u-lam-en' '-turn) . Same as Locu- 

 lus. 



Locular, Loculate (lok' ' -u-lar, lok'-u-ldt) [loculus, a 

 cell]. In biology, possessing one or more cell-like 

 subdivisions ; divided into or having loculi. 



Locule (lok f -ul). See Loculus. 



Loculicidal (lok-u-lis-i'-dal) [loculus, a cell ; cicdere, 

 to cut]. In biology, applied to seed-capsules that 

 split open along the dorsal suture. 



Loculus (lok'-u-lus) [dim. of locus, a place: //. , 

 Loculi~\. In biology, a small space or cavity ; a 

 small compartment or cell, as the seed-chamber of 

 a fruit. 



Locus (lo'-kus) [L. : //., Loci\ An indefinite term 

 in anatomy, meaning a place or position. L. cine- 

 reus, L. cceruleus, L. ferrugineus, a bluish-tinted 

 eminence on the fasciculi teretes of the fourth ventricle 

 of the brain. L. luteus, the regio olfactoria of the 

 nose; so called from the yellowish color of the epithe- 

 lium. L. minoris resistentiae, a spot of diminished 

 resistance — a term given to a locality, varying in dif- 

 ferent individuals, and often accidentally developed, 

 whose resistance to the invasion of disease is less than 

 that of other parts. L. niger, a dark area in the center 

 of a section of the crus cerebri. See Lntercalatum. 

 L. perforatus, a name given to the anterior and the 

 posterior perforated space at the base of the brain 

 through which many vessels pass. L. praedilectiorus, 

 the point of election. L. ruber, the red nucleus of 

 the tegmentum. 



Locust-tree. See Hymencea courbaril. 

 Lodicle (lod'-ik-l ). Same as Lodicule. 

 Lodicula (lodik'-u-lali). Same as Lodicule. 



