noun
meconium
Meconium (noun) means a dark green substance filling a mammalian fetus's intestines in the later stages of pregnancy, which becomes the newborn's first stool.
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A dark green substance filling a mammalian fetus's intestines in the later stages of pregnancy, which becomes the newborn's first stool.
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Etymology
Comes 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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"meconium" (noun) means a dark green substance filling a mammalian fetus's intestines in the later stages of pregnancy, which becomes the newborn's first stool.
