Caesarian
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5.3
- adjective
- /seɪˈzɛəriən/
- UK
:
cesárea
- The doctors recommended a caesarian section after monitoring the baby's distress.
- Caesarian section
And if you're born by cesarean section, the kids microbes look more like the mother's skin than the mother's vagina and, and, and, and feces, which the kid normally gets.
- And if you're born by cesarean section, the kids microbes look more like the mother's skin than the mother's vagina and, and, and, and feces, which the kid normally gets.
Examples
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It is good practice to inspect the woman's abdomen for any signs of scarring, including whether she has had a caesarian section.
Academic text (2011) -
I've heard there's a link between caesarean births and autism that may be tied to microbiome.
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I had to think of the mother I watched go through his caesarean and nearly die.
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A veterinarian there took an ultrasound, detected no movement, and performed a Caesarian section.
Blog text (32) -
Due to complications during labor, the medical team decided to perform a caesarian delivery.
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Many women opt for a caesarian birth to avoid the risks associated with natural delivery.
Synonyms
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4.8
Of or relating to an operation that delivers a baby through a cut in the mother's belly and womb
Relating to a medical operation to deliver a baby by cutting the mother's abdomen and womb
Compounds
A birth by an operation that cuts the mother's lower belly and womb to take out the baby
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Caesarian for a surgical birth is often linked to the name Caesar and to an old Latin root caedere that means 'to cut', and one popular story even says Julius Caesar was born that way; a helpful way to remember it is that a Caesarian delivery is a birth by a surgical 'cut'.