Definition caesarean in British English

caesarean noun

[countable/uncountable] noun

/sɪˈzeəriən/

Perhaps named after Julius Caesar, who it is sometimes said was born this way.

a medical operation in which a baby is born by being removed from a woman's body through a cut made in her abdomen, because the baby cannot be born in the normal way.

Synonyms and related words

the afterbirth amniocentesis amniotic fluid abortion angioplasty appendectomy

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