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CESARIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cesarian mean? 

CESARIAN (noun)
  The noun CESARIAN has 1 sense:

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)play

  Familiarity information: CESARIAN used as a noun is very rare.


CESARIAN (adjective)
  The adjective CESARIAN has 1 sense:

1. relating to abdominal deliveryplay

  Familiarity information: CESARIAN used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CESARIAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

abdominal delivery; C-section; caesarean; caesarean delivery; caesarean section; caesarian; caesarian delivery; caesarian section; cesarean; cesarean delivery; cesarean section; cesarian; cesarian section

Hypernyms ("cesarian" is a kind of...):

delivery; obstetrical delivery (the act of delivering a child)

Meronyms (parts of "cesarian"):

hysterotomy (surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section))

Derivation:

cesarian (relating to abdominal delivery)


CESARIAN (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to abdominal delivery

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

caesarean; caesarian; cesarean; cesarian

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

cesarian (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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