Caesarean section

Betekenis (Engels)

Delivery of a baby through an incision in the womb.

Concepten

keizersnede

Tegenovergesteld aan

vaginal delivery, natural childbirth

Synoniemen

C-section

abdominal delivery

Caesar

Cesarean section

Cesarean section

Vertalingen

Kaiserschnitt

césarienne

taglio cesareo

sezaryen

cesària

Schnittentbindung

cesárea

καισαρική τομή

وِلَادَة قَيْصَرِيَّة

cesariana

cesárea

cesareo

Sectio caesarea

καισαρική

Etymologie (Engels)

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.