Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or characteristic of Cæsar. Also spelled Cesarean, Cesarian.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Cæsar or the Cæsars; imperial.
- noun same as
caesarean section .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative capitalization of
Caesarean
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar
- noun the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
- adjective relating to abdominal delivery
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Examples
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There used to be an operation, in the old days, called a caesarean section -- used on normal women and on dwarfs and midgets too, in childbirth.
This Crowded Earth Robert Bloch 1955
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For emergency services such as caesarean sections, minor surgery and blood transfusions, patients must go to Kyegegwa Health Centre 15km away.
IRIN 2010
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The procedure is associated with an increased likelihood of further medical interventions, such as caesarean section.
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During pregnancy it would be useful to target these women with similar nutritional and physical activity strategies in order to avoid excessive weight gain and adverse pregnancy outcomes such as caesarean sections, Macrosomia, and large-for-gestational age (LGA) as well as shorter duration of breastfeeding and higher weight retention in the postpartum period. "
innovations-report 2008
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The practice drives up costs of neonatal intensive care and leads to a higher rate of caesarean sections.
A Push for More Pregnancies to Last 39 Weeks Laura Landro 2011
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Go ahead and Google VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean).
ProWomanProLife » There’s a reason it’s called natural birth 2010
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Louise was born by caesarean section after a full-term pregnancy.
British IVF pioneer Robert Edwards wins Nobel prize for medicine Alok Jha 2010
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Hattie was born by caesarean section, because I wasn't strong enough to go into labour.
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Unable to move from where she lay, not only because of the infant lying on her breast, but because her body was still torn open from the caesarean section, a defenseless fear and rage swept through her because no one was telling her what was going on.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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Unable to move from where she lay, not only because of the infant lying on her breast, but because her body was still torn open from the caesarean section, a defenseless fear and rage swept through her because no one was telling her what was going on.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
bilby commented on the word caesarean
We also have cesarean and caesarian.
November 9, 2008