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Webster 1913 Edition
Meconium
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Me-co′ni-um
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] poppy.]
(Med.)
(a)
Opium.
[Obs.]
(b)
The contents of the fetal intestine; hence, first excrement.
Webster 1828 Edition
Meconium
MECO'NIUM
,Noun.
1.
The juice of the white poppy, which has the virtues of opium.2.
The first faeces of infants.