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Definition of Cesarean
1. 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).
Generic synonyms: Delivery, Obstetrical Delivery
Terms within: Hysterotomy
Derivative terms: Caesarean, Cesarian
2. Adjective. Relating to abdominal delivery.
Partainyms: Caesarean, Caesarean, Cesarian
Derivative terms: Caesarean, Cesarian
Definition of Cesarean
1. a. Same as Cæsarean, Cæsarian.
Definition of Cesarean
1. Adjective. (British) Of or relating to Julius Caesar. ¹
2. Noun. (British) Short form of Caesarean section. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cesarean
1. a method of child delivery [n -S]
Medical Definition of Cesarean
1. Denoting a cesarean section, which was included under lex cesarea, Roman law (715 B.C.); not because performed at the birth of Julius Caesar (100 B.C.). (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cesarean
Literary usage of Cesarean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Case Studies from the Quality Improvement Support System by David H. Gustafson (1998)
"cesarean Section Utilization—Reducing Rates and Improving ... One of the patient
categories targeted for evaluation was cesarean sections and normal ..."
2. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine: Being an Encyclopedic Collection of by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle (1900)
"However, Pliny says that Scipio Africanus was the first and Manlius the second
of the Romans who owed their lives to the operation of cesarean section ; in ..."
3. Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion & Disease Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"(Baseline: 24.4 per 100 deliveries in 1987) 14.8a 14.8b Type-Specific Targets
cesarean Delivery (per 100 deliveries) 1987 Baseline 2000 Target Primary ..."
4. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1921)
"'"РНЕ late effects of cesarean section are of importance from several A ...
A repetition of the cesarean section not only permits observations on the ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"Multiple cesarean Section. — McPHERSON (Amer. Jour, of Obstet., March, 1911)
gives the results of 39 multiple cesarean sections. Of these, 30 were done for ..."
6. Identifying Health Technologies That Work: Searching For Evidence by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"cesarean Deliveries A rapid increase in rates of cesarean delivery prompted ...
Several studies documented that US cesarean rates did not decrease after ..."
7. Obstetrics for nurses by Joseph Bolivar De Lee (1922)
"cesarean Section.—This operation does not take its name from ... The first
authentic cesarean section on the living was performed about three hundred years ..."
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