Thesaurus: caesarean

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1. a. Alt. of Caesarian
2. adj. of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar
3. adj. relating to abdominal delivery
4. 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)
5. Of or pertaining to Cæsar or the Cæsars; imperial. Cæsarean section (Surg.), the operation of taking a child from the womb by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus; -- so called because Julius Cæsar is reported to have been brought into the world by such an operation.
6. n:100 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) a relating to abdominal delivery a of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar