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cesarean (section) definition

ce·sar·ean (section) (sə zer′ē ən)

a surgical operation for delivering a baby by cutting through the mother's abdominal and uterine walls
occasionally sp. cesarian (section) ce·sar′·ian (section)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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