meconium

  • 31meconium — noun 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 …

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  • 32méconium — (mé ko ni om ) s. m. 1°   Suc exprimé des têtes et des feuilles de pavot mises sous presse. 2°   Terme de médecine. Matières visqueuses, verdâtres ou brunâtres, ainsi nommées à cause de leur ressemblance avec du suc de pavot, qui s accumulent… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 33meconium — me·co·ni·um || mɪ kəʊnɪəm n. first fecal excretion of a newborn …

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  • 34meconium — [mɪ kəʊnɪəm] noun Medicine the dark green substance forming the first faeces of a newborn infant. Origin C18: from L., lit. poppy juice …

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  • 35meconium — me·co·ni·um …

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  • 36meconium — /məˈkoʊniəm/ (say muh kohneeuhm) noun 1. the blackish green contents of the bowel of a foetus, discharged soon after birth as the baby s first bowel movement. 2. opium, or opium poppy juice. 3. a green discharge from certain larvae. {Latin: poppy …

  • 37meconium —   n. mucoid substance in new born baby s intestines, excreted as first faeces …

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  • 38meconium —   Kūkae weka, weka, nalu …

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  • 39meconium — n. Med. a dark substance forming the first faeces of a newborn infant. Etymology: L, lit. poppy juice, f. Gk mekonion f. mekon poppy …

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  • 40meconium corpuscles — epithelial cells containing many coarse yellow granules, observed in the distal part of the small intestine in a fetus …

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