meconialadj.
/mᵻˈkəʊnɪəl/, U.S. /məˈkoʊniəl/ Medicine and Entomology.
Of, relating to, or caused by meconium (meconium n. 2, 3).
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1902 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Meconial, pertaining to, or due to, meconium; as, meconial colic.
1917 Monthly Weather Rev. (U.S.) 45 218/2 Some blood rains have been found to be the meconial fluid ejected by large numbers of certain lepidoptera simultaneously emerging from their chrysalids.
1968 Science 17 May 788/2 Apparently, parental care also occurs, for larval and pupal cells in active nests have no fecal pellets or meconial remains.
1986 Jrnl. Biomed. Engin. 8 162 Assessment of meconial contamination of the amniotic fluid is important in the management of late pregnancy.
1995 Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 88 876 Meconial-stage brood stimulated queens to lay eggs 60–170% faster than the other stages, which suggests that the stimulatory factor is released mainly at meconium formation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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