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Meconium   Listen
noun
Meconium  n.  (Med.)
(a)
Opium. (Obs.)
(b)
The contents of the fetal intestine; hence, first excrement.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Meconium" Quotes from Famous Books



... is, the length of the child after the fifth month is about double the lunar months—weight 1 to 3 pounds; skin, dusky red, covered with downy hair (lanugo) and sebaceous matter; membrana pupillaris disappearing; nails not reaching to ends of fingers; meconium at upper part of large intestine; testes near kidneys; no appearance of convolutions in brain; points of ossification in four divisions ...
— Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology • W. G. Aitchison Robertson

... In lieu of one penis there were two, situated near each other, the right one of natural size and the left larger, but not furnished with a prepuce. Each penis had its own urethra, from which dribbled urine and some meconium. There was a duplication of each scrotum, but only one testicle in each, and ...
— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould



Words linked to "Meconium" :   fecal matter, faecal matter, stool, ordure, dejection



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