MECONIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meconium mean? 

• MECONIUM (noun)
  The noun MECONIUM has 1 sense:

1. thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child

  Familiarity information: MECONIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MECONIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("meconium" is a kind of...):

BM; dejection; faecal matter; faeces; fecal matter; feces; ordure; stool (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels)

 Context examples 

Respiratory distress in the newborn due to inhalation of blood; this is an unusual event and is sometimes linked to the non passage of meconium before delivery or mothers with antepartum hemorrhage.

(Perinatal Blood Aspiration Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A congenital metabolic detected in the neonatal period that is characterized by the presence of a meconium ileus.

(Cystic Fibrosis with Meconium Ileus, NCI Thesaurus)

Bowel perforation in utero that may result in meconium peritonitis.

(In Utero Bowel Perforation, NCI Thesaurus)

It contains antibodies which serve to give the baby protection from disease and also has a laxative effect on the colon which helps to expel the plug of meconium and facilitate the establishment of normal bowel movements.

(Human Colostrum, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms usually appear in childhood and include meconium ileus, poor growth despite good appetite, malabsorption and foul bulky stools, chronic bronchitis with cough, recurrent pneumonia, bronchiectasis, emphysema, clubbing of the fingers, and salt depletion in hot weather.

(Cystic Fibrosis, NCI Thesaurus)