Definitions
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- 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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A team of 46 physicians, nurses and other staff were on hand for the delivery by cesarian at Kaiser Permanente Hospital Bellflower, of what they thought were seven babies, referred to by alphabet.
Baby Boom 2009
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Let's schedule the cesarian, please! the email, with its misspelling, said.
Challenges in Chasing Fraud Jean Eaglesham 2011
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The staff where very reassuring and chatty and I was asked if I had a normal labour - no - cesarian?
Snell-Pym » From the Drs to the Hospital to… erm what now? 2009
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In my support group of 25 families (I am the organizer) with children on the Autism Spectrum, all report that even the slightest difficulty with birth was answered by a flood of medications that supposedly do not penetrate the placenta. 90% of the women had a cesarian.
David Kirby: UC Davis Study Authors: Autism is Environmental (Can We Move On Now?) 2009
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"And for sure I wasn't when Helen had ours, she had cesarian sections."
MORE FROM GINNY BATES: LESBIANS HAVING BABIES Maggie Jochild 2007
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I'm more worried about a cesarian drama if she is.
Hillary Privately Urging Her Pledged Delegates To Vote For Obama At Convention 2009
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If the child was delivered “without incident”, it would appear the initial decision that a cesarian was required was ultimately wrong, even if it was the best prognosis medically available at the time.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Refusal to Consent to Caesarean Section as Neglect of the Child? 2009
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As for the #3 guy, John Edwards, I have not heard much about Senator Edwards three lawsuits against the Red Cross, or his suit against a doctor who prescibed an anti-alcohol drug to a recovering alcoholic who then drank after being told not to, nor the increase in unnecessary cesarian sections after his whistlestop lawsuit tour.
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And -- you may need a cesarian section, I'm telling you now.
MORE FROM GINNY BATES: LESBIANS HAVING BABIES Maggie Jochild 2007
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Clara gave birth to Emmanuel by cesarian section in a jungle camp.
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