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Cae⋅sar⋅e⋅an

  [si-zair-ee-uhn]
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–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

  [si-zair-ee-uhn]
–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.
cae·sar·i·an   (sĭ-zâr'ē-ən)   
adj.   & n.
Variant of cesarean.
ce·sar·e·an also cae·sar·e·an or cae·sar·i·an or ce·sar·i·an   (sĭ-zâr'ē-ən)   
adj.  Of or relating to a cesarean section.
n.  A cesarean section.
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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: caesarean
Variant: also caesarian
variant of CESAREAN

Main Entry: 2cesarean
Variants: or caesarean also cesarian or caesarian
Function: noun
: CESAREAN SECTION
Caeásar /'sE-z&r,/ Gaius Julius (100–44 BC), Roman generaland 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 wasonce 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 womendying in late pregnancy or in childbirth.
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caesarean n.
Variant of cesarean.

caesarian n.
Variant of cesarean.

cesarean ce·sar·e·an or cae·sar·e·an or cae·sar·i·an or ce·sar·i·an (sĭ-zâr'ē-ən)
adj.
Of or relating to a cesarean section. n.
A cesarean section.

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