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Meaning of Meconium | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
mɪˈkəʊnɪ.əm

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. Opium.

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Examples

“The meconium is dark brownish-green in color. The first meconium passed is semi-solid, having been partially dried out in the large intestine.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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