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CAESAREAN SECTION
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I. (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)
Synonyms:
abdominal delivery; C-section; caesarean; caesarean delivery; caesarean section; caesarian; caesarian delivery; caesarian section; cesarean; cesarean delivery; cesarean section; cesarian; cesarian section
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("caesarean section" is a kind of...):
delivery; obstetrical delivery (the act of delivering a child)
Meronyms (parts of "caesarean section"):
hysterotomy (surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section))