[syn: cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cesarean \Ce*sa"re*an\, Cesarian \Ce*sa"ri*an\, a.
Same as C[ae]sarean, C[ae]sarian.
[1913 Webster] cesarean
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
cesarean \cesarean\ cesarian \cesarian\adj.
1. same as caesarian.
[WordNet 1.5] cesarean
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
cesarean \cesarean\, cesarian \cesarian\n.
Same as cesarean section.
Syn: cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section,
C-section, cesarean, caesarean.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cesarean
adj 1: relating to abdominal delivery [syn: cesarean,
cesarian, caesarean, caesarian]
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]