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Ce·sar·e·an    Audio Help   [si-zair-ee-uhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun (sometimes lowercase)
1.Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
–adjective
2.of or pertaining to a Cesarean.
3.Caesarean.
Also, Caesarean, Caesarian, Cesarian (for defs. 1, 2).
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Cae·sar·e·an    Audio Help   [si-zair-ee-uhn] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.pertaining to Caesar or the Caesars: a Caesarean conquest.
–noun
2.(sometimes lowercase) Cesarean.
Also, Cae·sar·i·an.


[Origin: 1520–30; < L Caesare(us) of Caesar + -an]
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