See Also: meconium aspiration(medicine)
meconium aspiration syndrome(medicine)
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meconium aspiration (medicine)


meconium aspiration
Syndrome caused by sucking of thick meconium into the lungs, usually by term or post-term infants (often small for gestational age) either in utero or with first breath. The resultant small airway obstruction may produce respiratory distress, tachypnea, cyanosis, pneumothorax, and/or pneumomediastinum.