See Also: meconium(medicine)
Meconium(health)
meconium(dictionary)
meconium aspiration(medicine)
meconium ileus(medicine)
meconium peritonitis(medicine)
meconium plug(medicine)
meconium aspiration syndrome(medicine)
meconium blockage syndrome(medicine)

meconium (iou)



meconium noun. E17.
[Latin from Greek mekonion, from mekon poppy.]
(Thickened) juice from the opium poppy; opium. E17-E19.
A dark, greenish, sticky substance found in the intestine of a foetus in the later part of gestation and forming the first faeces of a newborn infant. E18.
b. Entomology. The first faeces of an insect newly emerged from the pupa. L18.