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cesarean

cesarean

12 3.6
An operation that delivers a baby through a cut in the mother's belly and womb
  • noun
  • /sɪˈzɛəriən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cesárea
  • A year ago, her daughter Hanah was born via cesarean.
  • cesarean section
  • cesarean delivery

Examples

  • An example of this trend is Brazil, with many hospitals exceeding a 95 percent Cesarean rate.

    Blog text (32)
  • You're going to have a cesarean section under general anesthesia.

  • We're gonna do a cesarean section now.

  • A cesarean can be difficult.

  • Was birth by cesarean section a really good idea?

    Fiction book (2001)
  • But it could also be that she had a Cesarean.

  • If it were my wife, I would do a cesarean.

  • You need a cesarean section, as this is the quickest way to resolve it.

    Blog text (24)
  • She'd been born by cesarean section after a long, unproductive labor.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • She gave birth to her daughter by cesarean section after complications arose during labor.

Synonyms

C-section
vscesarean
  • Specialized
41 3.4

A surgery to deliver a baby by making cuts in the mother's abdomen and womb

uses the full formal word instead of the abbreviated hyphenated form
caesarian section
vscesarean
  • UK
2 3.7

An operation to deliver a baby by cutting the mother's belly and womb

uses the simpler e spelling rather than the ae variant
cesarean section
vscesarean
  • Specialized
1 3.7

An operation to help a woman have a baby by making cuts in her belly and womb

is the same concept expressed in a single-word form
cesarean delivery
vscesarean
  • Specialized
1 3.6

A birth by an operation where doctors cut the belly and womb

uses the other common naming order focusing on the single headword
abdominal delivery
vscesarean
  • Specialized
3.6

A baby born by an operation through the mother's belly and womb

is the standard surgical term presented as a single-word form
Caesarian delivery
vscesarean
  • UK
3.8

A birth by an operation that cuts the mother's lower belly and womb to take out the baby

uses the simpler e spelling instead of the ae form
cesarian
vscesarean
  • Specialized
5.3

A medical operation to deliver a baby by cutting the mother's abdomen and womb

uses the widely accepted vowel arrangement for the same word

Compounds

cesarean section
  • Specialized
1 3.7

An operation to help a woman have a baby by making cuts in her belly and womb

cesarean delivery
  • Specialized
1 3.6

A birth by an operation where doctors cut the belly and womb

Surface Forms

cesarean singular
cesareans plural

Etymology

The word cesarean comes from the name Caesar and from a Latin word caesus meaning 'cut'. One popular story says Julius Caesar was born that way, and the picture of a baby being brought out by a 'cut' helps explain why cesarean means a surgical way to deliver a baby.