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Synonyms for caesarian


Grammar : Noun
Spell : si-zair-ee-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈzɛər i ən



Définition of caesarian

Origin :
  • 1923, shortening of Caesarian section (1610s); supposedly from Caius Julius Caesar, who was said to have been delivered surgically, thus legend traces his cognomen to Latin caesus past participle of caedere "to cut" (see -cide).
  • But if this is the etymology of the name, it was likely an ancestor who was so born (Caesar's mother lived to see his triumphs and such operations would have been fatal to the woman in ancient times). And Pliny derives his cognomen from caesaries "head of hair," because the future dictator was born with a full one. Caesarian section may come directly from caesus.
  • As in Caesarean section : noun surgical fetus delivery
  • As in Cesarean section : noun surgical fetus delivery
Example sentences :
  • She said, "They've been doing Caesarian sections on the animals in test-pen M-four."
  • Extract from : « Breeder Reaction » by Winston Marks
  • One does not even expect of you that you rise to the Caesarian heroism of a kick!
  • Extract from : « The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer » by Eugne Sue
  • Caesarian section was attempted, but did not save the life of the mother.
  • Extract from : « Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. » by S. A. Reilly
  • Yet these islands were crowded with exiles, and in them were to be found not a few princesses of Caesarian origin.
  • Extract from : « Seekers after God » by Frederic William Farrar
  • The foregoing, though apparently a Caesarian operation, is not difficult to a practised hand.
  • Extract from : « Practical Taxidermy » by Montagu Browne
  • Thus did Cesare Borgia—personally attended by a caesarian guard, wearing his livery—set out upon the conquest of the Romagna.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini
  • If by any Caesarian operation it chances to come into being it is promptly strangled.
  • Extract from : « Our National Defense: » by George Hebard Maxwell
  • Caesarian section almost always led to the death of the mother.
  • Extract from : « Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. » by S. A. Reilly
  • It is possible that the spiritualists may become the stoics of a new epoch of Caesarian rule.
  • Extract from : « Amiel's Journal » by Henri-Frdric Amiel

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