Noun: caesarean section
- 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 caesarean section saved both mother and baby";
- cesarean delivery [N. Amer], caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section [N. Amer], cesarian section [N. Amer], caesarian section, C-section, cesarean [N. Amer], cesarian [N. Amer], caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery
Derived forms: caesarean sections
Type of: delivery, obstetrical delivery
Encyclopedia: Caesarean section