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

Preferred term

Meconium  

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Note

  • check the tag INFANT, NEWBORN

Scope note

  • 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://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008470

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