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meconium

NOUN
  1. thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child

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  • This is called meconium and is a sign that the baby has passed his or her first stool (bowel movement). Chapter 13
  • If your baby needs surgery for meconium ileus, she'll have a bowel resectionand ileostomyplacement. Pediatric surgery: Meconium Ileus
  • We say all the birth words: ‘placenta, meconium, vernix, perineum, bilirubin.’
  • Infants who pass thin meconium, which is yellow to light green and watery, are more likely to be healthy at birth.
  • The amniotic fluid may be discolored by blood from a previous amniocentesis, excess vernix, or meconium.
  • Most cases with pneumomediastinum are associated with prematurity, pneumonia, meconium aspiration syndrome, difficult delivery or mechanical ventilation.
  • The belief is that suctioning prevents the baby from inhaling meconium, thereby preventing breathing problems or a rare type of pneumonia called meconium aspiration syndrome. Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn
  • If meconium is delayed, look for meconium plug, sepsis, narcotic exposure, Hirschsprung's disease, hypothyroidism, cystic fibrosis, or imperforate anus.
  • He attaches the meconium aspirator to the suction tubing and I turn an oxygen valve. Between Expectations
  • Thus, CFTR -/- homozygotes displayed defective chloride transport in epithelia of airways and intestines, failure to thrive, meconium ileus, and pathological alterations of gastrointestinal glands. The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Advanced Information
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