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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
n
(Medicine / Surgery) surgical incision through the abdominal and uterine walls in order to deliver a baby
[from the belief that Julius Caesar was so delivered, the name allegedly being derived from caesus, past participle of caedere to cut]
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Noun1.Caesarean 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)caesarean 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)
obstetrical delivery, delivery - the act of delivering a child
hysterotomy - surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section)


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Doctors advise it takes up to 12 weeks for the body to heal after a Csection.
 
 
 
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