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Webster 1913 Edition


Meconium

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Me-co′ni-um

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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

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Noun.
[Gr. poppy.]
1.
The juice of the white poppy, which has the virtues of opium.
2.
The first faeces of infants.