CESAREAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cesarean mean? 

• CESAREAN (noun)
  The noun CESAREAN 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)

  Familiarity information: CESAREAN used as a noun is very rare.

• CESAREAN (adjective)
  The adjective CESAREAN has 1 sense:

1. relating to abdominal delivery

  Familiarity information: CESAREAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CESAREAN (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 ("cesarean" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "cesarean"):

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

Derivation:

cesarean (relating to abdominal delivery)

• CESAREAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to abdominal delivery

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

caesarean; caesarian; cesarean; cesarian

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

The Implantation Classification domain provides a record for each implantation identified for the scheduled cesarean section component of a study.

(Implantation Classification Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Labor in a woman who has had one or more previous cesarean births.

(Labor After Cesarean, NCI Thesaurus)

A condition of the newborn marked by dyspnea with cyanosis, most frequently occurring in premature infants, children of diabetic mothers and infants delivered by cesarean section, and sometimes with no predisposing cause.

(Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A scar/healing of the myometrium that occurs after uterine injury or after non-cesarean surgery.

(Non-Cesarean Uterine Surgical Scarring, NCI Thesaurus)

It increases a woman’s chances for cesarean delivery and for blood pressure disorders during pregnancy.

(Daily folic acid supplement may reduce risk of gestational diabetes, National Institutes of Health)

An emergency cesarean section that is carried out urgently in cases of fetal distress or severe maternal complication that is life threatening to either or both of them.

(Crash Caesarean Section, NCI Thesaurus)

Babies born by cesarean section tend to acquire a microbial community that more closely resembles that of their mother’s skin.

(Restoring microbes in infants born by cesarean section, NIH)

This domain captures litter based results in female animals for cesarean section and/or delivery components of a study, including litter survival during preweaning.

(Cesarean Section and Delivery Litter Results Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Surgical removal of uterus as a concurrent procedure after a cesarean delivery.

(Cesarean Hysterectomy, NCI Thesaurus)

A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to cesarean section and other methods of delivery of animal litters.

(Cesarean Section and Delivery Litter Results Domain, NCI Thesaurus)