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CESAREAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cesarean" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "cesarean"):

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

Derivation:

cesarean (relating to abdominal delivery)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to abdominal delivery

Synonyms:

caesarean; caesarian; cesarean; cesarian

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

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 Context examples: 

A condition of the newborn marked by dyspnea with cyanosis, heralded by such prodromal signs as dilatation of the alae nasi, expiratory grunt, and retraction of the suprasternal notch or costal margins, mostly frequently occurring in premature infants, children of diabetic mothers, and infants delivered by cesarean section, and sometimes with no apparent predisposing cause.

(Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)