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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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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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Caesar, Julius In full Gaius Julius Caesar. 100-44 B.C.  
Roman general, statesman, and historian who invaded Britain (55), crushed the army of his political enemy Pompey (48), pursued other enemies to Egypt, where he installed Cleopatra as queen (47), returned to Rome, and was given a mandate by the people to rule as dictator for life (45). On March 15 of the following year he was murdered by a group of republicans led by Cassius and Brutus, who feared he intended to establish a monarchy ruled by himself.

Cae·sar'e·an, Cae·sar'i·an (sĭ-zâr'ē-ən) adj.
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cae·sar·i·an    Audio Help   (sÄ­-zâr'Ä“-É™n)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   & n.
Variant of cesarean.

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ce·sar·e·an also cae·sar·e·an or cae·sar·i·an or ce·sar·i·an    Audio Help   (sÄ­-zâr'Ä“-É™n)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Of or relating to a cesarean section.

n.   A cesarean section.

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caesarian 
1923, shortening of Cæsarian section (1615); supposedly from Caius Julius Cæsar, who was said to have been delivered surgically, thus legend traces his cognomen to L. cæsus pp. of cædere "to cut." But if this is the etymology of the name, it was likely an ancestor who was so born (Caesar's mother lived to see his triumphs and such operations were always fatal to the woman in ancient times). And Pliny derives his cognomen from cæsaries "hair," since the future dictator was born with a full head of it. Cæsarian section may come directly from cæsus.

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caesarian

adjective
1. relating to abdominal delivery [syn: cesarean] 
2. of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar 

noun
1. the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) 

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caesarian
n.

Variant of cesarean.

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Main Entry: 2cesarean
Variants: or caesarean also cesarian or caesarian
Function: noun
: CESAREAN SECTION
Cae·sar /'sE-z&r,/ Gaius Julius (100–44 BC), Roman general and statesman. Caesar's connection with the cesarean section is unclear. It is thought by some that the operation was named after Caesar himself because of the popular, although probably erroneous, belief that he was born by this means. On the other hand, it is argued that the general's family, the Julii, acquired the cognomen Caesar (from Latin caedere, to cut) because the operation was once performed on a forebear. It is also thought that cesarean section may derive from lex Caesaria, the name, under the Caesars, for the law that ordered the operation be performed on women dying in late pregnancy or in childbirth.

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Main Entry: 1ce·sar·e·an
Variants: or cae·sar·e·an also ce·sar·i·an or cae·sar·i·an /si-'zar-E-&n, -'zer-/
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or being a cesarean section <a cesarean birth>

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