cesarean

1. 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)

   Synonymscesarean deliverycaesarean deliverycaesarian deliverycesarean sectioncesarian sectioncaesarean sectioncaesarian sectionC-sectioncesariancaesareancaesarianabdominal delivery

   Broaderdelivery

   Partshysterotomy

1. 1.

   relating to abdominal delivery

   Synonymscesariancaesareancaesarian

Other forms of cesarean

plural

cesareans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cesarean

What does cesarean mean?

cesarean means "the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cesarean?

cesarean has 4 syllables: ce-sa-re-an. The stress falls on "sa".

What is another word for cesarean?

Close synonyms include cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cesarean a common word?

cesarean is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.