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meconium

noun/mɪˈkəʊniəm/

C2CEFR level
93/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The dark green, sticky first stool passed by a newborn, sometimes seen in the liquor during labour.

The presence of meconium in the liquor prompted closer monitoring of the foetal heart.

Topic: Midwifery & obstetrics in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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