C-SECTION

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)

Synonyms:

abdominal delivery; C-section; caesarean; caesarean delivery; caesarean section; caesarian; caesarian delivery; caesarian section; cesarean; cesarean delivery; cesarean section; cesarian; cesarian section

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("C-section" is a kind of...):

delivery; obstetrical delivery (the act of delivering a child)

Meronyms (parts of "C-section"):

hysterotomy (surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section))

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