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Meconium Defined
A newborn's first bowel movements, which are dark, sticky, and usually greenish-black, and last for the first few days of the infant's life. If meconium is visible in the amniotic fluid prior to delivery, it can be a sign that the fetus is in distress.
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- To Maintain Clean Nests, Social Insects Hold in Poop for a Very Long Time | Discoblog | Discover Magazine: During larval stages, some insects have a "blind gut" with no anus; they hold it in until after pupation, when it comes out in one big pellet. Termites have sterile poop (b/c of bacteria in gut) they build with. Leaf cutter ants have a shunned cast of pooper-scooper s.
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- eMedicine - Bowel Obstruction in the Newborn : Article by Shelley C Springer: Bowel obstruction in the newborn is one of the most common newborn surgical emergencies. Successful management of a newb
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- Pediatric Research - Abstract: Volume 64(1) July 2008 p 24-28 Human Meconium Has a Pulmonary Vascular and Airway Smooth Muscle Relaxant Effect.: Abstract: Meconium aspiration is believed to cause persistent pulmonary hypertension syndrome of the newborn (PPHN) via vasoconstricti on, whereas meconium has a relaxant effect on rat tracheal muscle. We evaluated the meconium effect on lung vascular an
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