Caesarean
pertaining to Caesar or the Caesars:
a Caesarean conquest.
(sometimes lowercase) Cesarean.
Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
of or relating to a Cesarean.
Caesarean.
Contemporary Examples
The Mom Forced to Have a C-Section Emily Shire June 4, 2014
The Dark Side of IVF Debora Spar October 4, 2010
Natural Childbirth Is Not a Cult Brandy Zadrozny June 26, 2014
Historical Examples
Essays In Pastoral Medicine Austin Malley
Crome Yellow Aldous Huxley
Essays In Pastoral Medicine Austin Malley
The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Crome Yellow Aldous Huxley
Essays In Pastoral Medicine Austin Malley
Essays In Pastoral Medicine Austin Malley
adjective
of or relating to any of the Caesars, esp Julius Caesar
noun
(sometimes not capital) (surgery)
short for Caesarean section
(as modifier): Caesarean birth, Caesarean operation
adjective
(US) variant spellings of Caesarean
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