C-section

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Caesarean section. countable, uncountable

    "2011. San Francisco Chronicle "C-section not necessarily end to vaginal delivery""

  2. 2
    the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) wordnet

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caesarean sectionabdominal deliverycaesareancaesarean deliverycaesariancaesarian delivery

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"Baby on board. C-section next Monday."

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