Definition of MECONIUM

meconium

Meanings

Plural: meconiums

Noun

  • thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child
  • 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.
  • Opium.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin mēcōnium (“opium; excrement of a newborn child”), from Ancient Greek μηκώνιον (mēkṓnion, “poppy-juice, opium”), from μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”).

Synonyms

aunti/aunti Emma, big O, chandu, Chinese tobacco, dopium, dream gun, dream stick, fi-do-nie, gee, God's medicine, gondola, goric, guma, hop/hops, meconium, midnight oil, mud, ope, pen yan, pin gon, pox, skee, toxy, when-shee, yen, ze, zero

Scrabble Score: 14

meconium is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
meconium is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
meconium is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

meconium is a valid Words With Friends word