cesarian
- noun
- /sɪˈzɛəriən/
- Specialized
:
cesárea
- After complications during labor, the doctors decided to perform a cesarian.
Examples
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Her first child was born naturally, but the second required a cesarian.
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She chose to have a cesarian for her delivery.
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Some women opt for a planned cesarian for medical or personal reasons.
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The doctor performed a cesarian on the patient.
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After complications during labor, the doctors decided to perform a cesarian.
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Her first child was born naturally, but the second required a cesarian.
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Some women opt for a planned cesarian for medical or personal reasons.
Synonyms
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3.4
A surgery to deliver a baby by making cuts in the mother's abdomen and womb
12
3.6
An operation that delivers a baby through a cut in the mother's belly and womb
2
3.7
An operation to deliver a baby by cutting the mother's belly and womb
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3.7
An operation to help a woman have a baby by making cuts in her belly and womb
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3.6
A birth by an operation where doctors cut the belly and womb
A birth by an operation that cuts the mother's lower belly and womb to take out the baby
A baby born by an operation through the mother's belly and womb
How Invasive
- Specialized
1
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cesarian comes from the Latin root caedere, which means 'to cut', and one popular story links it to the name Caesar, who was said to be born this way. So, a cesarian is a birth done by making a cut in the mother's belly to get the baby out.