meconium
IPA: mɪkˈoʊniʌm
noun
- (medicine) A dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first feces of the newborn.
- (obsolete) Opium.
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Examples of "meconium" in Sentences
- The spectrum of meconium disease in infancy.
- Meconium is the earliest stools of an infant.
- As the article states, meconium has no smell.
- This leads to the disorder termed meconium ileus.
- This results in discharge of meconium from the umbilicus.
- Meconium ileus is often the first sign of cystic fibrosis.
- Hirschsprung's disease presents as failure to pass meconium.
- Subsequently, the lanugo contributes to the newborn baby's meconium.
- I was surprised there was such a thing as meconium in my newborn baby.
- If a newborn does not display meconium then something is wrong with the bub.
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