meconium
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- noun
- /mɪˈkoʊniəm/
- Specialized
- I'll see what colour the pad is and hopefully there's no meconium in the water.
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Watch on YouTubeThe child is born, the bowel is full of meconium.
- The child is born, the bowel is full of meconium.
Examples
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They said if any meconium or amniotic fluid is left in the lungs it could cause respiratory failure in the future.
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She aspirated meconium.
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Oh, and did I mention that there were signs of meconium when the mother's water broke?
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The clear bag bloated with the meconium.
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Ralph was born April 29, 2007, with meconium aspiration syndrome and an atrial septal defect.
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Expectant parents often wonder if meconium (the dark, tarry poop that babies have during their first few days after birth) will stain their diapers.
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Everything I've heard indicates that meconium washes away just as easily as any other breastfed baby poo, but if you are concerned about it and still want to use cloth from day one, you can use flushable or fleece liners in the diapers to protect them.
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The baby's first bowel movement, known as meconium, is a thick, dark green substance.
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New parents often notice that meconium has a tar-like consistency when their baby passes it for the first time.
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Within the first day of life, a newborn typically releases meconium, which is dark green and sticky.
Synonyms
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5.8
Solid waste that the body leaves when you go to the toilet
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word meconium comes from the Greek root mekon meaning 'poppy' or 'poppy juice'. Early doctors named the baby's first dark, sticky stool after that dark poppy juice because it looked similar, so meconium now means the thick, dark first stool of a newborn.