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caesarean

noun
noun
BrE BrE//sɪˈzeəriən//
; NAmE NAmE//sɪˈzeriən//
(also caesarian, caesarean section, caesarian section
BrE BrE//sɪˌzeəriən ˈsekʃn//
; NAmE NAmE//sɪˌzeriən ˈsekʃn//
) (also US English cesarean, cesarian, C-section) [countable, uncountable] Operations, Birth
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a medical operation in which an opening is cut in a woman’s body in order to take out a baby an emergency caesarean The baby was born by caesarean section. She had to have a caesarean. Wordfinderbirthbirth, breech birth, caesarean, contraction, deliver, induce, labour, midwife, obstetrics, umbilical cord Oxford Collocations DictionaryCaesarean is used after these nouns: emergency See full entry See related entries: Operations, Birth Word Originearly 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a supporter of an emperor or imperial system): from Latin Caesareus ‘of Caesar’ + -an.
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