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caesarean section

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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Surg.) the operation of taking a child from the womb by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus; -- so called because Julius Cæsar is reported to have been brought into the world by such an operation; -- called also caesarean.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • 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)

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