Crossword clues for caesarean
caesarean
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
caesarean \caesarean\ n. same as caesarean section.
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.
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
see caesarian.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. Of or relating to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea. n. An inhabitant/citizen of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea. Etymology 2
a. Of or relating to or in the manner of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius%20Caesar or other Caesars. Etymology 3
alt. A Caesarean section. n. A Caesarean section.
WordNet
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, cesarean, cesarian, abdominal delivery]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "caesarean".
Though I can discover no truth in it, they insist that Utica is secretly Caesarean in sympathies, and that these Caesareans are going to destroy everything.
The loyal Caesareans Quintus Cicero and his son had gone on the second proscription list, informed on by a slave who swore that their sentiments had changed, that they now were bent on fleeing the country to join the Liberators.
Other than Caesareans, epidural anesthesia was not commonly used in emergencies.
Start to the softened, tremulous bugle-blare Of that Caesarean Italian Across the storied fields of trampled grain, As to a Vercingetorix of old Gaul Blowing the rally against a Caesar's reign.
The doctors had to do an emergency Caesarean, hauling me back out of the birth canal I'd already slid partway down.
Suppose that the Caesarean and Pompeian factions had, each of them, claimed the victory in these battles, and that the historians of each party had uniformly ascribed the advantage to their own side.
Alessandrians, we'll have to call ourselves Caesareans, and I'd be ashamed.
Perhaps somewhere the crazy klopts of Arachosia breed their boyish young, deliver their babies, always by Caesarean, feed them always by bottle, generations of men who have known fathers and who have no idea of what the word mother might be.
It had by-products which he merely noted and filed for reference - such as the reason why Rudi's creativity gave him agony (his deep unconscious saw it as parturition, and that brings pain), and the reason why he chose to attempt suicide by hara-kiri (it represented a Caesarean delivery on the cross-identity level of his mind).
If my Edward could save women and babies by Caesarean section, he’.
In Alma Ata a Morale Corps sergeant gave birth to a healthy two-headed boy by Caesarean section.
Ata a Morale Corps sergeant gave birth to a healthy two-headed boy by Caesarean section.
Stay tuned to this channel for a closeup of the Caesarean section during the eleven-o’.
Calves so big they could only be born by Caesarean section, fifteen percent.
We had scanned him from his birth (by Caesarean section) to his death.