cesarean delivery

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cesarean delivery - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cesarean delivery
      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]