cesarean delivery
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- noun
- /sɪˈzɛəriən dɪˈlɪvəri/
- Specialized
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cesárea
- The hospital scheduled a cesarean delivery for the expectant mother due to complications during her pregnancy.
Examples
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The risk of transmission was highest with first-born vaginal delivery (50%), followed by first-born caesarean delivery (38%), and then second-born delivery by either route (19%).
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Secondly, even with a caesarean delivery, twin A was at a higher risk of infection than twin B.
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By contrast, all offspring were uninfected in the 11 sets with caesarean delivery.
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Our results suggest that caesarean delivery may be helpful if it can be done before the membranes rupture.
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However, 19% of our caesarean-delivered second-born twins were infected, so caesarean delivery is no panacea.
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Such measures as cleansing of the birth canal and caesarean delivery before membrane rupture might reduce the risk of transmission for infants born to HIV-1-infected women and should be the subjects of controlled clinical trials.
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By matched-pairs analysis, twin A had a significantly higher risk of infection than twin B with vaginal delivery (p = 0.006) but not with caesarean delivery (p = 0.13).
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Induction of labor at least doubles the risk of cesarean delivery without reducing shoulder dystocia (a rare situation where the baby's shoulder can get stuck at delivery) or newborn morbidity (complications).
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Our analysis of preterm birth rise from 1989 to 2004 in the USA suggests half the change is unexplained, but important drivers include non-medically indicated labor induction, caesarean delivery, and assisted reproductive technologies.
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After a long labor, the doctor recommended a cesarean delivery to ensure the safety of both mother and baby.
Synonyms
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3.4
A surgery to deliver a baby by making cuts in the mother's abdomen and womb
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An operation that delivers a baby through a cut in the mother's belly and womb
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An operation to deliver a baby by cutting the mother's belly and womb
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An operation to help a woman have a baby by making cuts in her belly and womb
A baby born by an operation through the mother's belly and womb
A birth by an operation that cuts the mother's lower belly and womb to take out the baby
A medical operation to deliver a baby by cutting the mother's abdomen and womb
Surface Forms
Morphology
If a learner knows 'cesarean' as relating to surgical childbirth and 'delivery' as the act of giving birth, the phrase 'cesarean delivery' directly denotes delivery by surgical incision (a C-section). This is a straightforward modifier + noun composition found across languages, so the meaning is immediately recoverable from the parts.
Etymology
Cesarean delivery may come from the old name 'Caesar' or from a word meaning 'to cut'. This gives a clear picture: cesarean (about cutting) and delivery (the birth) describe taking a baby out through a cut in the mother's belly, so the phrase means 'birth by surgery'.