Definition of Meconium. Meaning of Meconium. Synonyms of Meconium

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Definition of Meconium

Meconium
Meconium Me*co"ni*um, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? poppy.] (Med.) (a) Opium. [Obs.] (b) The contents of the fetal intestine; hence, first excrement.

Meaning of Meconium from wikipedia

- Meconium is the earliest stool of a mammalian infant resulting from defecation. Unlike later ****, meconium is composed of materials ingested during the...
- Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS), also known as neonatal aspiration of meconium, is a medical condition affecting newborn infants. It describes the...
- Meconium peritonitis refers to rupture of the bowel prior to birth, resulting in fetal stool (meconium) escaping into the surrounding space (peritoneum)...
- asthma and exercise intolerance. Meconium Aspiration Syndrome occurs in full term or post-term infants who aspirate meconium. Risk factors include a diabetic...
- may also be efficient. Suctioning the mouth and throat of infants with meconium-stained amniotic fluid has not been found to reduce the rate of aspiration...
- described a case of fetal death with meconium peritonitis, a complication of meconium ileus ****ociated with CF. Meconium ileus was first described in 1905...
- characterized by changes in fetal movement, growth, heart rate, and presence of meconium stained fluid. Risk factors for fetal distress/non-re****uring fetal status...
- with gas and ****. Meconium impactions are often diagnosed by clinical signs, but digital examination to feel for impacted meconium, radiographs, and ultrasound...
- ὄπιον (ópion), a diminutive of ὀπός (opós, "juice of a plant"). The word meconium (derived from the Gr**** for "opium-like", but now used to refer to newborn...
- certain prescription medication (e.g. valproate) during pregnancy, and meconium in the amniotic fluid. Research is not conclusive on the relation of these...