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meconium

Noun

me=co=ni=um

WORDNET DICTIONARY

meconium(n = noun.substance) Array - thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child; Array

meconium, n. [L., fr. Gr. , fr. poppy.].

Opium. [1913 Webster]

meconium, n. Med. a dark substance forming the first faeces of a newborn infant.

Etymology

L, lit. poppy-juice, f. Gk mekonion f. mekon poppy

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