[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]