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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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);
[syn: cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. relating to abdominal delivery;
[syn: cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian]

2. of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar;
[syn: Caesarian, Caesarean]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

caesarean \caesarean\ n. same as caesarean section. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

caesarean section \caesarean section\ n. (Surg.), the operation of taking a child from the womb by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus; -- so called because Julius C[ae]sar is reported to have been brought into the world by such an operation; -- called also caesarean. Syn: cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Caesarean \C[ae]*sa"re*an\, Caesarian \C[ae]*sa"ri*an\ (s[-e]*z[=a]"r[i^]*an), a. [L. Caesareus, Caesarianus.] Of or pertaining to C[ae]sar or the C[ae]sars; imperial. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

cesarean section \cesarean section\ n. (Surg.), the operation of taking a child from the womb by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus; -- so called because Julius C[ae]sar is reported to have been brought into the world by such an operation; -- called also caesarean. Syn: caesarean section, cesarian section, caesarian section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

caesarean adj 1: relating to abdominal delivery [syn: cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian] 2: of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar [syn: Caesarian, Caesarean] n 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) [syn: cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery]