caesarean section

2 definitions found

caesarean section - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

caesarean section - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  caesarean section
      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]