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meconium

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me·co·ni·um

M0185800 (mĭ-kō′nē-əm)n. 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.]

meconium

(mɪˈkəʊnɪəm) n1. (Physiology) the dark green mucoid material that forms the first faeces of a newborn infant2. (Recreational Drugs) opium or the juice from the opium poppy[C17: from New Latin, from Latin: poppy juice (used also of infant's excrement because of similarity in colour), from Greek mēkōneion, from mēkōn poppy]

me•co•ni•um

(mɪˈkoʊ ni əm)

n. the first fecal excretion of a newborn child, composed chiefly of bile, mucus, and epithelial cells. [1595–1605; < Latin < Greek mēkṓnion opium, meconium, diminutive of mḗkōn poppy]
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Noun1.meconium - thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn childmeconium - thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn childfaecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, BM, dejection, stool - solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
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meconio

Meconium

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meconium

[mə′kō·nē·əm] (embryology) A greenish mass of mucous, desquamated epithelial cells, lanugo, and vernix caseosa that collects in the fetal intestine, becoming the first fecal discharge of the newborn.

Meconium

 

the normal feces of the newborn.

Meconium is formed in the intestinal tract of the fetus and is excreted at birth and for a day or two thereafter. It consists of an odorless, dark-green, homogeneous mass of secretions of various sections of the digestive tract, desquamated epithelium, and swallowed amniotic fluids. By the fourth or fifth day after birth the meconium is replaced by the normal feces of the nursing infant.

meconium

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meconium

 [mĕ-ko´ne-um] dark green mucilaginous material in the intestine of the full-term fetus; this is the first type of feces passed by the newborn infant.

me·co·ni·um

(mē-kō'nē-ŭm), 1. The first intestinal discharges of the newborn infant, greenish in color and consisting of epithelial cells, mucus, and bile. 2. Synonym(s): opium [L., fr. G. mēkōnion, dim. of mēkōn, poppy]

meconium

(mĭ-kō′nē-əm)n. A dark green fecal material that accumulates in the fetal intestines and is discharged at or near the time of birth.

meconium

(1) The black-green viscid stool of the neonate.
(2) An obsolete synonym for opium, see there.

meconium

A dark green viscid glue-like material found in the intestine of all neonates; it is the first stool passed by the newborns and is passed in the first 24-48 hrs of life; prenatal passage of meconium may indicate fetal distress

me·co·ni·um

(mē-kō'nē-ŭm) The greenish first intestinal discharges of the newborn infant, consisting of epithelial cells, mucus, and bile. [L., fr. G. mēkōnion, dim. of mēkōn, poppy]

meconium

The thick, greenish-black, sticky stools passed by a baby during the first day or two of life, or before birth if the fetus is deprived of an adequate oxygen supply (fetal distress). Meconium consists of cells from the lining of the fetal bowel, bowel mucus and bile from the liver. Once feeding is established meconium is replaced by normal stools.

meconium

the gut contents of a mammalian foetus, formed of swallowed amniotic fluid and the secretion of glands into the gut.

Meconium

The first waste products to be discharged from the body in a newborn infant, usually greenish in color and consisting of mucus, bile and so forth.Mentioned in: Hirschsprung's Disease, Intestinal Obstructions
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meconium

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Related to meconium: meconium ileus, meconium aspiration, meconium staining, Meconium Stained Amniotic Fluid
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Words related to meconium

noun thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child

Related Words

  • faecal matter
  • faeces
  • fecal matter
  • feces
  • ordure
  • BM
  • dejection
  • stool
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