Caesarean

caesarean
    adj 1: relating to abdominal delivery [syn: {cesarean},
           {cesarian}, {caesarean}, {caesarian}]
    2: of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar [syn:
       {Caesarian}, {Caesarean}]
    n 1: the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the
         abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius
         Caesar was born that way) [syn: {cesarean delivery},
         {caesarean delivery}, {caesarian delivery}, {cesarean
         section}, {cesarian section}, {caesarean section},
         {caesarian section}, {C-section}, {cesarean}, {cesarian},
         {caesarean}, {caesarian}, {abdominal delivery}]
    

Caesarean \C[ae]*sa"re*an\, Caesarian \C[ae]*sa"ri*an\
   (s[-e]*z[=a]"r[i^]*an), a. [L. Caesareus, Caesarianus.]
   Of or pertaining to C[ae]sar or the C[ae]sars; imperial.
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caesarean \caesarean\ n.
   same as {caesarean section}.
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caesarean section \caesarean section\ n. (Surg.),
   the operation of taking a child from the womb by cutting
   through the walls of the abdomen and uterus; -- so called
   because Julius C[ae]sar is reported to have been brought into
   the world by such an operation; -- called also {caesarean}.

   Syn: cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section,
        caesarian section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian.
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cesarean section \cesarean section\ n. (Surg.),
   the operation of taking a child from the womb by cutting
   through the walls of the abdomen and uterus; -- so called
   because Julius C[ae]sar is reported to have been brought into
   the world by such an operation; -- called also {caesarean}.

   Syn: caesarean section, cesarian section, caesarian section,
        C-section, cesarean, cesarian.
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