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meconium definition

me·co·nium (mi kō′nē əm)

noun

the greenish fecal matter in a fetus, forming the first bowel movement of a newborn infant

Etymology: ModL < L, meconium, orig. poppy juice < Gr mēkōnion < mēkōn, poppy < IE *mak(en)- > OHG maho (Ger mohn), Russ mak

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