Definition of Cesarian

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


2. Adjective. Relating to abdominal delivery.
Exact synonyms: Caesarean, Caesarian, Cesarean
Partainyms: Caesarean, Caesarean, Cesarean
Derivative terms: Caesarean, Cesarean

Definition of Cesarian

1. Adjective. (American English) (alternative spelling of Caesarean) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cesarian

1. cesarean [n -S] - See also: cesarean

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cesarian

cervix vesicae urinariae
cervixes
ceryl
cesanite
cesarean
cesarean delivery
cesarean hysterectomy
cesarean operation
cesarean sections
cesareans
cesarevitch
cesarevitches
cesarian (current term)
cesarians
cesarolite
cesbronite
cesian
cesium
cesium 137
cesium chloride
cesium chloride gradient centrifugation
cesium isotopes
cesium radioisotopes
cesiums
cespitine
cespitose

Literary usage of Cesarian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Infantile mortality during child-birth and its prevention by Abram Brothers (1896)
"HARRIS : The Present and Improved Statistics of cesarian Section ; Trans. Am. Gyn. Soc., 1891, xvi. 111. HARRIS: The Possible Results of cesarian Delivery ..."

2. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1899)
"In speaking of cesarian section, which, by the way, had nothing to do with Cesar, the author concludes that a Porro operation is required in practice a ..."

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