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Caesarean section

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cesarean section also caesarean section
n.
A surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus, performed to deliver a fetus.
[From the traditional belief that Julius Caesar (or his eponymous ancestor) was born by this operation.]
Caesarean section
Noun
surgical incision into the womb in order to deliver a baby [from the belief that Julius Caesar was delivered in this way]
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Noun1.Caesarean sectioncaesarean 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)
abdominal delivery, C-section, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section
obstetrical delivery, delivery - the act of delivering a child
hysterotomy - surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section)
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