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ce·sar·ean (section) (sə zer′ē ən)

noun

a surgical operation for delivering a baby by cutting through the mother's abdominal and uterine walls

Etymology: from the ancient story (by assoc. of the name Caesar with L caedere: see (Gaius) Julius Caesar) that Caesar or an ancestor had been born in this manner

Browse dictionary entries near cesarean (section)

  1. ‹ cesarean
  2. ‹ cervix
  3. ‹ cervine
  4. ‹ Cervin
  5. ‹ cervid
  6. ‹ cervico-
  7. ‹ cervicitis
  8. ‹ cervices
  9. ‹ cervical cap
  10. ‹ cervical
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