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meconium.

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.

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Meaning & usage

noun/mɪˈkəʊnɪ.əm/UK
  1. 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.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Opium.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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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