Definition for ME-CO'NI-UM

ME-CO'NI-UM, n. [Gr. μηκωνιον, from μηκων, poppy.]

  1. The inspissated juice of the poppy, which has the virtues of opium in a feeble degree. Coxe. Encyc.
  2. The first fæces of infants. Coxe.

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