caesarean

5 definitions found

caesarean - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

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

  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]

  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]

caesarean - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]