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]:
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]:
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) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caesarean
adj 1: relating to abdominal delivery [syn: {cesarean},
{cesarian}, {caesarean}, {caesarian}]
2: of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar [syn:
{Caesarian}, {Caesarean}]
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}]
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