Associations to the word «Meconium»

Wiktionary

MECONIUM, noun. (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
MECONIUM, noun. (obsolete) opium
MECONIUM ILEUS, noun. A condition where the meconium becomes thickened and congested in the ileum, often the first sign of cystic fibrosis.

Dictionary definition

MECONIUM, noun. Thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child.

Wise words

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