meconium
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meconium
- /mɪˈkəʊnɪ.əm/ UK
Rhymes with -əʊniəm
Where it comes from
From Latin mēcōnium (“opium; excrement of a newborn child”), from Ancient Greek μηκώνιον (mēkṓnion, “poppy-juice, opium”), from μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”).
noun meconiums
- A 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.
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Opium.
Similar: aunti/aunti Emma, big O, chandu, Chinese tobacco, dopium, dream gun, dream stick, fi-do-nie, gee, God's medicine, gondola, goric
Translations
Talk about this word "meconium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/meconium. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. meconium. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/meconium "meconium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/meconium.Cite this
@misc{meconium_2026,
title = {meconium},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/meconium},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
