meconium
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Vinony's link graph records 86 inbound references to meconium, and connects out to infant, defecation and Aristotle.
It is catalogued under topics including Feces, Human physiology and Neonatology.
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- Meconium
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- Meconium from 12-hour-old newbornthe baby's third bowel movementScale: 5 cm left to right.
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- Pediatrics
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- medical terminology
- Has part
- bilirubin
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- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C78743
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Clinical significance
- Meconium in amniotic fluid
- Failure to pass meconium
- Testing meconium for drugs
- Sterility
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Meconium is the earliest stool of a mammalian infant resulting from defecation. Unlike later feces, meconium is composed of materials ingested during the time the infant spends in the uterus: intestinal epithelial cells, lanugo, mucus, amniotic fluid, bile, and water. Meconium, unlike later feces, is viscous and sticky like tar – its color usually being a very dark olive green and it is almost odorless. When diluted in amniotic fluid, it may appear in various shades of green, brown, or yellow. It should be completely passed by the end of the first few days after birth, with the stools progressing toward yellow (digested milk).
== Clinical significance ==
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