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cesarean

cesarean \cesarean\ cesarian \cesarian\adj. 1. same as caesarian.

cesarean

cesarean \cesarean\, cesarian \cesarian\n. same as cesarean section.

Syn: cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, C-section, cesarean, caesarean.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
cesarean

alternative spelling of caesarian (see also æ).

Wiktionary
cesarean

a. (context British English) (alternative spelling of Caesarean English) n. (context British English) (alternative spelling of Caesarean English)

WordNet
cesarean

adj. relating to abdominal delivery [syn: cesarian, caesarean, caesarian]

cesarean

n. 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, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, C-section, cesarian, caesarean, abdominal delivery]

Usage examples of "cesarean".

He knew that it was standard procedure for a cesarean section, but then it struck him that, since her water had broken, she had to be in abor His eyes shot to hers.

I shall furnish the latest arrived at in the two operations of craniotomy and Cesarean section.

They performed a cesarean section, which was just as well, since, lacking a partner, she had forgone Lamaze courses and would have been hard put to know how to breathe.

Cesarean section is quite copious, it is very seldom that we find authentic records in the writings of the older medical observers.

The works of Hippocrates, Aretxeus, Galen, Celsus, and Aetius contain nothing relative to records of successful Cesarean sections.

I can assure you that a Birth Center that is backed up by a hospital for cesareans is perfectly legitimate.

Only obstetricians knew how much alike hands and feet felt during a cesarean birth.

She thought that patients would not choose the comfort of the Birth Center over the convenience of having a cesarean section a halt.

But then, the patients who were allowed to deliver there were low risk, rarely did one of them ever think she would need a cesarean section.

The Birth Center needed the hospital as a place to do cesarean sections.

She never gave me reason to tell her that a woman who had that kind of fibroid surgery must deliver all her babies by cesarean section!

For example, a patient who had a cesarean section two days ago might have normal vital signs, but an anxious look on her face and a little shortness of breath would make me wonder if she has a pulmonary embolus from a blood clot in her leg.

George was born by cesarean section, finally, after forty-two hours of hard labor, and although he was a big beautilul tenpound baby boy, Beatrice Andrews promised herself that she would never have another baby.

And if there was any sign of strain at all, he had warned her that he would do a cesarean section.

Mary Northon was born on May 29, 1958, and Sally Northon on September 15, 1959, all by cesarean section.