Hypertext Webster Gateway: "caesarean"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Caesarean \C[ae]*sa"re*an\, Caesarian \C[ae]*sa"ri*an\, a. [L.
Caesareus, Caesarianus.]
Of or pertaining to C[ae]sar or the C[ae]sars; imperial.
{C[ae]sarean section} (Surg.), the operation of taking a
child from the womb by cutting through the walls of the
abdomen and uterus; -- so called because Julius C[ae]sar
is reported to have been brought into the world by such an
operation.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
caesarean
adj 1: relating to abdominal delivery [syn: {cesarean}, {cesarian},
{caesarian}]
2: of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar [syn: {Caesarian},
{Caesarean}]
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) [syn: {cesarean delivery}, {caesarean
delivery}, {cesarean section}, {cesarian section}, {caesarean
section}, {C-section}, {cesarean}, {cesarian}, {abdominal
delivery}]
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