meconium
/mɪˈkəʊnɪ.əm/
meconium noun: a dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first feces of the newborn.
Noun
meconium (countable and uncountable, plural meconiums)
- A dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first feces of the newborn.
- The meconium is dark brownish-green in color. The first meconium passed is semi-solid, having been partially dried out in the large intestine.1915, John Lovett Morse, Fritz Bradley Talbot, Diseases of Nutrition and Infant Feeding, New York: MacMillan, page 78
- Opium.
- Synonyms:
- aunti/aunti Emma, big O, chandu, Chinese tobacco, dopium, dream gun, dream stick, fi-do-nie, gee, God's medicine
meconium meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Arabic and Malay
meconium in Tamil
- பிறந்த குட்டி வயிற்றுக் குழம்பு, மெகோனியம், பிண்டமலம்
meconium in Urdu
- contents of the fetal intestines
- عِقی 'iqī
meconium in Arabic
- contents of the fetal intestines
- عقي
meconium in Malay
- contents of the fetal intestines
- mekonium
Synonyms of meconium
- aunti/aunti Emma
- big O
- chandu
- Chinese tobacco
- dopium
- dream gun
- dream stick
- fi-do-nie
- gee
- God's medicine
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Forms of meconium
| plural | meconiums |
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Origin of meconium
From Latin mēcōnium (“opium; excrement of a newborn child”), from Ancient Greek μηκώνιον (mēkṓnion, “poppy-juice, opium”), from μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”).
Words formed from meconium
- meconic
- meconium aspiration
- meconium ileus
Words that rhyme with meconium
- pandemonium
- plutonium
- harmonium
- onium
- polonium
- stramonium
- -curonium
- balonium
- decamethonium
- diazonium
- euphonium
- fandemonium
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Questions about meconium
- What does meconium mean?
- Meconium means a dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first feces of the newborn.
- What is meconium in Tamil?
- Meconium in Tamil is பிறந்த குட்டி வயிற்றுக் குழம்பு, மெகோனியம், பிண்டமலம். See Meconium meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is meconium?
- Meconium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce meconium?
- Meconium is pronounced /mɪˈkəʊnɪ.əm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of meconium?
- The plural of meconium is meconiums.
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Source and license
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