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CESAREAN

Dictionary entry overview: What does cesarean mean?

• CESAREAN (noun)
The noun CESAREAN has 1 sense:

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)

Familiarity information: CESAREAN used as a noun is very rare.

• CESAREAN (adjective)
The adjective CESAREAN has 1 sense:

1. relating to abdominal delivery

Familiarity information: CESAREAN used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CESAREAN (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

abdominal delivery; cesarian section; cesarian; cesarean section; cesarean delivery; cesarean; caesarian section; caesarian delivery; C-section; caesarean; caesarean delivery; caesarean section; caesarian

Hypernyms ("cesarean" is a kind of...):

delivery; obstetrical delivery (the act of delivering a child)

Meronyms (parts of "cesarean"):

hysterotomy (surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section))

• CESAREAN (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Relating to abdominal delivery

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

caesarean; caesarian; cesarean; cesarian

Pertainym:

cesarean (the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way))

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