meconium
meconium · meconiums
Kindspech
A dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of…A dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first feces of the newborn.
/mɪˈkəʊnɪ.əm/
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first feces of the newborn.
Kindspech
thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Opium.
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By meaning 1
contents of the fetal intestines:
Origin
From Latin mēcōnium (“opium; excrement of a newborn child”), from Ancient Greek μηκώνιον (From Latin mēcōnium (“opium; excrement of a newborn child”), from Ancient Greek μηκώνιον (mēkṓnion, “poppy-juice, opium”), from μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”).
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plural: meconiumsSynonyms
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