cesarean
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Definition
Adjective:
- Relating to or involving a cesarean section: Describes anything pertaining to the surgical procedure for delivering a baby.
Noun:
- A cesarean section; a cesarean delivery: The surgical operation for delivering a child by cutting through the walls of the mother's abdomen and uterus.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- The doctor recommended a cesarean birth due to complications.
- She is recovering from cesarean surgery.
Noun:
- The baby was delivered by cesarean.
- She had an emergency cesarean.
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in the full phrase "cesarean section" or the informal short form "C-section".
- The planned cesarean section is scheduled for next Tuesday.
- After 24 hours of labor, she needed a C-section.
Variants and Related Words
- Cesarean section (n.): The full medical term for the procedure.
- C-section (n.): A common informal abbreviation.
- Cesarian: An alternative spelling.
- Abdominal delivery (n.): A formal synonym describing the method.
Synonyms
- C-section (informal noun)
- Cesarean section (formal noun)
- Abdominal delivery (formal noun)
Related Phrases
- Scheduled cesarean: A planned, non-emergency procedure.
- Her breech baby required a scheduled cesarean.
- Emergency cesarean: A procedure performed due to an urgent complication during labor.
- The drop in the baby's heart rate led to an emergency cesarean.
Adjective
- relating to abdominal delivery
Noun
- the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)