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meconium

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8 lettersPronunciation /mɪˈkəʊnɪ.əm/Part of speech nounSorted ceimmnouStarts with MEnds with M0 clues
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Definitions

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

Word origin

From Latin mēcōnium (“opium; excrement of a newborn child”), from Ancient Greek μηκώνιον (mēkṓnion, “poppy-juice, opium”), from μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”).

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  • The meconium is dark brownish-green in color. The first meconium passed is semi-solid, having been partially dried out in the large intestine.

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