CESAREAN SECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cesarean section mean? 

• CESAREAN SECTION (noun)
  The noun CESAREAN 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)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "cesarean section"):

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

 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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

A condition of the newborn marked by dyspnea with cyanosis, heralded by such prodromal signs as dilatation of the alae nasi, expiratory grunt, and retraction of the suprasternal notch or costal margins, mostly frequently occurring in premature infants, children of diabetic mothers, and infants delivered by cesarean section, and sometimes with no apparent predisposing cause.

(Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)