Caesarean section

Signification (Anglais)

Delivery of a baby through an incision in the womb.

Concepts

césarienne

Opposé de

vaginal delivery, natural childbirth

Synonymes

C-section

abdominal delivery

Caesar

Cesarean section

Cesarean section

Traductions

Kaiserschnitt

taglio cesareo

keizersnede

cesárea

sezaryen

Schnittentbindung

cesària

cesareo

وِلَادَة قَيْصَرِيَّة

καισαρική τομή

cesariana

cesárea

καισαρική

ولادة قيصرية

Étymologie (Anglais)

Likely corruption of the Latin phrase a caesō mātris uterō (“[born] from a cut in the mother’s womb”), supposedly the origin of Caesar's name. More at Caesar, at caedō, and at Caesarean section § Etymology.