caesarean section
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cesarean section
also caesarean sectionn.
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.]
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Caesarean section
n
(Surgery) a surgical incision through the abdominal and uterine walls in order to deliver a baby
[C17: 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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Noun | 1. | ![]() abdominal delivery, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section, C-section obstetrical delivery, delivery - the act of delivering a child hysterotomy - surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section) |
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