cesarean (section)
cesarean (section)
Definition
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
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