- Caesarean operation
- The delivery of a child by surgery, the term deriving from the fact or legend respecting the birth of Julius Caesar.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Caesarean operation
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Caesarean operation — Caesarean section or Caesarean operation noun Delivery of a child by cutting through the walls of the abdomen • • • Main Entry: ↑Caesar * * * Caesarean section or Caesarean operation, an operation by which a baby is removed from the uterus by… … Useful english dictionary
Caesarean operation — Caesarean section, surgical removal of a fetus from a woman s uterus … English contemporary dictionary
Caesarean section — A more professional term for Caesarean operation … Ballentine's law dictionary
Caesarean section — Intervention A team of obstetricians performing a Caesarean section in a modern hospital. ICD 9 CM … Wikipedia
caesarean — section caesarean section n. (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;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
caesarean section — n. (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; called also {caesarean}. Syn … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
caesarean — UK [sɪˈzeərɪən] / US [sɪˈzerɪən] or caesarean section UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms caesarean : singular caesarean plural caesareans a medical operation in which a baby is born by being removed from a woman s body through a cut… … English dictionary
caesarean section — caesarean UK [sɪˈzeərɪən] / US [sɪˈzerɪən] or caesarean section UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms caesarean : singular caesarean plural caesareans a medical operation in which a baby is born by being removed from a woman s body… … English dictionary
Caesarean section — ► NOUN ▪ a surgical operation for delivering a child by cutting through the wall of the mother s abdomen. ORIGIN from the story that Julius Caesar was delivered by this method … English terms dictionary
Caesarean section — a surgical operation for delivering a baby through the abdominal wall. The operation most commonly performed is lower uterine segment Caesarean section (LUSCS), carried out through an incision (usually transverse) in the lower segment of the… … Medical dictionary
