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CAESARIAN SECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does caesarian section mean? 

CAESARIAN SECTION (noun)
  The noun CAESARIAN SECTION has 1 sense:

1. the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)play

  Familiarity information: CAESARIAN SECTION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CAESARIAN SECTION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

abdominal delivery; C-section; caesarean; caesarean delivery; caesarean section; caesarian; caesarian delivery; caesarian section; cesarean; cesarean delivery; cesarean section; cesarian; cesarian section

Hypernyms ("caesarian section" is a kind of...):

delivery; obstetrical delivery (the act of delivering a child)

Meronyms (parts of "caesarian section"):

hysterotomy (surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section))


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