Noun: abdominal delivery
- The delivery of a foetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
"The emergency abdominal delivery saved both mother and baby";
- cesarean delivery [N. Amer], caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section [N. Amer], cesarian section [N. Amer], caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section, cesarean [N. Amer], cesarian [N. Amer], caesarean, caesarian
Derived forms: abdominal deliveries
Type of: delivery, obstetrical delivery
Encyclopedia: Abdominal delivery