A dark green fecal material that accumulates in the fetal intestines and is discharged at or near the time of birth.
[Latin mēcōnium, poppy juice, from Greek mēkōnion, from mēkōn, poppy.]
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me·co·ni·um (mĭ-kō'nē-əm) ![]() |
A dark green fecal material that accumulates in the fetal intestines and is discharged at or near the time of birth.
[Latin mēcōnium, poppy juice, from Greek mēkōnion, from mēkōn, poppy.]
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Yellow-orange mucilaginous material in the intestine of the full-term fetus; it constitutes the first stools passed by the newborn.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child
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