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/mɪˈkəʊnɪ.əm/ · 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..
The meconium is dark brownish-green in color. The first meconium passed is semi-solid, having been partially dried out in the large intestine.
Use meconium when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Meconium means (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..
Common synonyms include aunti/aunti Emma, big O, chandu, Chinese tobacco.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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