cesarian section
Noun: 1. A surgical procedure for delivering a baby: A cesarian section is a medical operation in which a baby is delivered through a surgical incision made in the mother's abdomen and uterus. It is typically performed when a vaginal birth is considered risky or impossible.
This term is used exclusively in medical and healthcare contexts to refer to the specific surgical method of childbirth. * The doctor recommended a cesarian section due to the baby's breech position. * Her recovery from the cesarian section went smoothly.
- The term is often abbreviated in common usage as C-section.
- She is scheduled for a C-section next Tuesday.
- It can be used attributively (like an adjective) to modify other nouns.
- The cesarian section rate at the hospital has decreased.
- She discussed the cesarian section procedure with her obstetrician.
- Cesarean section: An alternative, equally common spelling.
- Caesarean section / Caesarian section: Spelling variants more common in British English.
- C-section (noun): The standard, informal abbreviation.
- Abdominal delivery (noun): A formal synonym describing the method.
- Cesarean delivery / Caesarean delivery (noun): A common synonymous phrase.
- C-section (informal abbreviation)
- Abdominal delivery
- Cesarean delivery / Caesarean delivery
The definition note "(from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)" is a historical folk etymology. The term likely derives from the Latin caedere meaning "to cut," and the connection to Julius Caesar is not supported by historical evidence, as such a procedure would have been fatal to the mother at that time. The term's primary and only modern meaning is the surgical procedure itself.
- the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)