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caesarian

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. relating to abdominal delivery [syn: cesarean , cesarian , caesarean ] of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar [syn: Caesarean ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or relating to or in the manner of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius%20Caesar. 2 (context British English) (alternative spelling of Caesarean English) . n. 1 A follower of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius%20Caesar. 2 A member of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populares ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Caesarean \C[ae]*sa"re*an\, Caesarian \C[ae]*sa"ri*an\, a. [L. Caesareus, Caesarianus.] Of or pertaining to C[ae]sar or the C[ae]sars; imperial.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1923, shortening of Caesarian section (1610s); supposedly from Caius Julius Caesar , who was said to have been delivered surgically, thus legend traces his cognomen to Latin caesus past participle of caedere "to cut" (see -cide ).\n \nBut if this is the ...

Usage examples of caesarian.

In fact Doctor Benway delivered him by Caesarian section from a Holy Man in Mecca.

In order to do this, we must return to the practices and beliefs of the original inhabitants of the islands--the Keltic peoples who had them by right at the time of the Caesarian invasion of 55 B.

Indian doctors performed Caesarian operations, trephined for brain surgery and used anesthetics.

Consequently the Caesarians no longer mourned such as were perishing but counted them fortunate to escape from further torment, and in their hopelessness wished that they, too, were among those already dead, wounded were far more in number than those died, and being struck from a distance with stones and javelins and receiving no blow from near at hand their wounds were in many places, and not as a rule favorably located.

Austrian Empire, Caesarian, heir to overlording Rome, having for the imperial color the same imperial hue.

It darted hither and thither like a _larva_ in an aquarium, mingled with shadows, with doubts, with desires, with expedients, with dreams of one knows not what Caesarian socialism, like a Hydra dimly visible in a transparency of chaos.

An Emperor--in whose majestic veins Aeneas and the proud Caesarian line Claim yet to live.

As soon as I was assured the tabby's pregnancy was well advanced, I did a Caesarian and checked the fetuses.

I can whelp puppies and medicate geriatric animals and remove stitches from bitches after they've had Caesarian sections, I think I can tend to a middle-aged man who thinks he's James Bond without going all to pieces.

The mother is lying all torn up by the clumsiest caesarian operation in history and we need hershe's saturated in the drug.

It was distinctly a Caesarian glance, full of deliberate revolt, that I bestowed upon the street called Sloane.