ALL meanings of meconium
me·co·ni·um
M m - noun meconium the first fecal excretion of a newborn child, composed chiefly of bile, mucus, and epithelial cells. 1
- noun meconium fecal mass released at pupation by the larvae of some insects. 1
- noun meconium the milky sap of the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy; crude opium. 1
- noun meconium The dark green substance forming the first feces of a newborn infant. 1
- noun meconium the dark green mucoid material that forms the first faeces of a newborn infant 0
- noun meconium opium or the juice from the opium poppy 0
- noun meconium the greenish fecal matter in a fetus, forming the first bowel movement of a newborn infant 0
- noun meconium (medicine) A dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first faeces of the newborn. 0