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caesalpinioideae |
caesar |
caesar salad |
caesar's agaric |
caesarea |
caesarean
| caesarean delivery
| caesarean section
| caesarian
| caesarian delivery
| caesarian section
caesarean
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun caesarean has 1 sense
- caesarean(n = noun.act) abdominal delivery, c-section, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section - the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way); Array is a kind of delivery, obstetrical delivery
has parts: hysterotomy
Derived form adjective caesarean1
Adjective caesarean has 2 senses
- caesarean(a = adj.pert) caesarian, cesarean, cesarian - relating to abdominal delivery; Array Derived form noun caesarean1
- caesarean(a = adj.pert) caesarian - of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar; Array Derived form noun caesar1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
caesarean, adj. & n. (also Caesarian, US Ces-)
--adj.
1 of Caesar or the Caesars.
2 (of a birth) effected by Caesarean section.
--n. a Caesarean section.
--adj.
1 of Caesar or the Caesars.
2 (of a birth) effected by Caesarean section.
--n. a Caesarean section.
Idiom
Caesarean section an operation for delivering a child by cutting through the wall of the abdomen (Julius Caesar supposedly having been born this way).
Etymology
L Caesarianus
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