Meanings
plural meconiums
- countableuncountablemedicineA 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 - countableobsoleteuncountableOpium.
Synonyms: aunti/aunti Emma, big O, chandu, Chinese tobacco, dopium, dream gun, dream stick, fi-do-nie
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOpium.
Origin
- Ancient Greekμηκώνιον“poppy-juice, opium”
- Latinmēcōnium“opium; excrement of a newborn child”
- Englishmeconium
From Latin mēcōnium (“opium; excrement of a newborn child”), from Ancient Greek μηκώνιον (mēkṓnion, “poppy-juice, opium”), from μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”).
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Arabic عقي
- عقيcontents of the fetal intestines
Catalan meconi
- meconicontents of the fetal intestines
Czech smolka
- smolkacontents of the fetal intestines
Finnish lapsenpihka
- lapsenpihkacontents of the fetal intestines
German Kindspech
- Kindspechcontents of the fetal intestines
Irish meacóiniam
- meacóiniamcontents of the fetal intestines
Italian meconio
- meconiocontents of the fetal intestines
Korean 태변
- 태변 (taebyeon)contents of the fetal intestines
Malay mekonium
- mekoniumcontents of the fetal intestines
Polish smółka
- smółkacontents of the fetal intestines
Portuguese mecônio, mecónio
- mecôniocontents of the fetal intestines
- mecóniocontents of the fetal intestines
Romanian meconiu
- meconiucontents of the fetal intestines
Spanish meconio, alhorre
- meconiocontents of the fetal intestines
- alhorrecontents of the fetal intestines
Swahili mekoniamu
- mekoniamucontents of the fetal intestines
Swedish barnbeck, mekonium
- barnbeckcontents of the fetal intestines
- mekoniumcontents of the fetal intestines
Urdu عِقی
- عِقی ('iqī)contents of the fetal intestines
Welsh meconiwm
- meconiwmcontents of the fetal intestines
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Cite this entry
meconium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meconium
“meconium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meconium. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meconium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meconium.
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