Caesarean

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  caesarean \caesarean\ n.
     same as {caesarean section}.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  caesarean
       adj 1: relating to abdominal delivery [syn: {cesarean}, {cesarian},
               {caesarian}]
       2: of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar [syn: {Caesarian}]
       n : 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}, {cesarean section}, {cesarian section}, {caesarean
           section}, {C-section}, {cesarean}, {cesarian}, {abdominal
           delivery}]