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Cesarean

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of or relating to a cesarean section.

n. A cesarean section.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Of or relating to Julius Caesar.

n. Short form of Caesarean section.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Same as cæsarean, cæsarian.

adj. same as caesarian.

n. same as cesarean section.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

See Cæsarean.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

adj. relating to abdominal delivery

Word Usage

"ACOG cautions that "both sides to this debate" must recognize that evidence to support the benefit of elective cesarean is still incomplete and that there are not yet extensive morbidity and mortality data to compare elective cesarean delivery with vaginal birth in healthy women."

Equivalent

cesarian

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

obstetrical delivery delivery

Variant

caesarean cæsarian caesarian

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

c-section

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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