Meanings
cesarean1
- not comparableAlternative letter-case form of Cesarean.
The text of the measure defines a born-alive infant as one that is delivered “at any stage of development” by “natural or induced labor, cesarean section, induced abortion, or another method” and “breathes, has a beating heart, or has definite movement of voluntary muscles.”
2022 October 28, Mara Silvers, “As election nears, doctors, nurses speak out against Born-Alive Infant referendum”, in Montana Free Press
Cesarean2
- alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of Caesarean.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
cesarean · adjective, noun
From Caesar + -ean, but see also Caesarean section § Etymology.
Full word history & related roots →Cesarean · adjective, noun
From Caesar + -ean, but see also Caesarean section § Etymology.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
cesarean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cesarean
“cesarean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cesarean. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cesarean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cesarean.
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