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meconium
1. Poppy juice.
2. Opium.
3. In medicine, a dark green mucilaginous material in the intestine of the full term fetus, being a mixture of the secretions of the intestinal glands and some amniotic fluid.
4. The dark greenish feces that have collected in the intestines of an unborn baby and are released shortly after birth [from "poppy juice", hence "newborn baby's feces" because of the similarity in color].
5. The waste products of a pupa or other embryonic form.
6. The contents of the intestine of a new-born mammal.
2. Opium.
3. In medicine, a dark green mucilaginous material in the intestine of the full term fetus, being a mixture of the secretions of the intestinal glands and some amniotic fluid.
4. The dark greenish feces that have collected in the intestines of an unborn baby and are released shortly after birth [from "poppy juice", hence "newborn baby's feces" because of the similarity in color].
5. The waste products of a pupa or other embryonic form.
6. The contents of the intestine of a new-born mammal.
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(Greek > Latin: [mekonion to meconium] of or pertaining to the poppy, poppy-juice; opium)