Caesarean section

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Delivery of a baby through an incision in the womb. countable, uncountable
  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

Synonyms

All synonyms
abdominal deliveryc-sectioncaesareancaesarean deliverycaesariancaesarian delivery

Etymology

Likely corruption of the Latin phrase a caesō mātris uterō (“[born] from a cut in the mother’s womb”), supposedly the origin of Caesar's name. More at Caesar, at caedō, and at Caesarean section § Etymology.

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