césarienne

Definitions of césarienne
  1. noun
    the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
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    type of:
    accouchement, couches, délivrance
    the act of delivering a child
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