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Meconium

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Noun

1. meconium

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Meconium

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noun
1. 
the dark green mucoid material that forms the first faeces of a newborn infant
2. 
opium or the juice from the opium poppy

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Meconium

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

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Meconium

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n.
A dark green fecal material that accumulates in the fetal intestines and is discharged at or near the time of birth.

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