caesarean section
noun /sɪˌzeəriən ˈsekʃn/
/sɪˌzeriən ˈsekʃn/
(also caesarian section)
(both British English) (US English cesarean section)
(also C-section especially in North American English)
[countable, uncountable]- a medical operation in which an opening is cut in a woman’s body in order to take out a baby
- The baby was born by caesarean section.
- She had to have a caesarean section.
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