Caesarian
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.
Historical Examples
Seekers after God Frederic William Farrar
Breeder Reaction Winston Marks
Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. S. A. Reilly
The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer Eugne Sue
Practical Taxidermy Montagu Browne
The Life of Cesare Borgia Raphael Sabatini
Our National Defense: George Hebard Maxwell
Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. S. A. Reilly
Amiel’s Journal Henri-Frdric Amiel
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
n.
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