Definition of Meconeum

Definition of Meconeum

||Me*co"ni*um (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; poppy.] (Med.) (a) Opium. [Obs.] (b) The contents of the fetal intestine; hence, first excrement.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

The first stool of a newborn infant; it is sterile, viscous and dark green.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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