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Webster 1913 Edition
Meconium
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Me-co′ni-um
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] poppy.]
(Med.)
(a)
Opium.
[Obs.]
(b)
The contents of the fetal intestine; hence, first excrement.
Webster 1828 Edition
Meconium
MECO'NIUM
,Noun.
1.
The juice of the white poppy, which has the virtues of opium.2.
The first faeces of infants.Definition 2024
meconium
meconium
English
Noun
meconium (uncountable)
- (medicine) A dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first faeces of the newborn
- (obsolete) opium
Derived terms
- meconium aspiration
Translations
contents of the fetal intestines
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