caesarian

2 definitions found

caesarian - 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]

caesarian - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  caesarian
      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]