The Petris,new parents of a healthy son John,were at first concerned about the newborn's stringy,greenish-black waste called

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Meconium is the newborn's first fecal excretion, which is stringy, dark greenish-black in color, and has a sticky, tar-like consistency. Physiologic jaundice refers to the yellowing of a newborn's skin due to the accumulation of bilirubin in the blood, lanugo is a fine, soft hair that covers a fetus's body, and vernix caseosa is a waxy, cheese-like substance that protects the fetus's skin in the womb.

The Petris,new Parents of a Healthy Son John,were at First