meconium noun. [mɪ'kǝʊnɪǝm] E17.
[Latin from Greek mēkōnion, from mēkōn poppy.]
1. (Thickened) juice from the opium poppy; opium. E17-E19.

2. A dark, greenish, sticky substance found in the intestine of a foetus in the later part of gestation and forming the first faeces of a newborn infant. E18.
b. Entomology. The first faeces of an insect newly emerged from the pupa. L18.

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