蟹かに屎くそ

noun

meconium

Medical term for a newborn's first feces; cross-referenced with 胎便 (たいべん), which is the standard modern term. 蟹屎 is a rare, possibly historical or literary synonym.

See also: 胎便

• 古ふるい医い学がく書しょでは、胎たい便べんのことを「蟹かに屎くそ」と記しるしていることがある。

  In old medical texts, meconium is sometimes written as 蟹屎.