CESAREAN DELIVERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cesarean delivery mean? 

• CESAREAN DELIVERY (noun)
  The noun CESAREAN DELIVERY 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 DELIVERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CESAREAN DELIVERY (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 delivery" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "cesarean delivery"):

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

 Context examples 

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

(Cesarean Hysterectomy, 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)