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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. {C[ae]sarean section} (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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: caesarean adj 1: relating to abdominal delivery [syn: {cesarean}, {cesarian}, {caesarian}] 2: of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar [syn: {Caesarian}, {Caesarean}] 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 section}, {cesarian section}, {caesarean section}, {C-section}, {cesarean}, {cesarian}, {abdominal delivery}]
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