[syn: Caesarian, Caesarean]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
caesarean \caesarean\ n.
same as caesarean section.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]