English Dictionary
◊ CAESAREAN
caesarean
adj 1: relating to abdominal delivery [syn: {cesarean}, {cesarian},
{caesarian}]
2: of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar [syn: {Caesarian},
{Caesarean}]
n : the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the
abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius
Caesar was born that way) [syn: {cesarean section}, {cesarian
section}, {caesarean section}, {C-section}, {cesarean}, {cesarian},
{abdominal delivery}]