Caesarean section
Meaning
Delivery of a baby through an incision in the womb.
Opposite of
vaginal delivery, natural childbirth
Translations
Kaiserschnitt
césarienne
taglio cesareo
cesària
cesárea
keizersnede
sezaryen
وِلَادَة قَيْصَرِيَّة
καισαρική τομή
cesárea καισαρικήEtymology
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.
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