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Fluids and Secretions > Feces > Meconium
Embryonic Structures > Fetus > Meconium

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Meconium  

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Definition

  • The thick green-to-black mucilaginous material found in the intestines of a full-term fetus. It consists of secretions of the INTESTINAL GLANDS; BILE PIGMENTS; FATTY ACIDS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; and intrauterine debris. It constitutes the first stools passed by a newborn.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-F7BJZP7X-5

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